Biographer, literary critic, and academic (born 1941)
Arnold Rampersad
Born
(1941-11-13) 13 November 1941 (age 82)
Trinidad and Tobago
Alma mater
Bowling Green State University Harvard University
Occupations
Biographer, literary critic, academic
Notable work
The Life of Langston Hughes (1986); Ralph Ellison: A Biography (2007)
Awards
Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award
Arnold Rampersad (born 13 November 1941) is a biographer, literary critic, and academic, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago and moved to the US in 1965.[1] The first volume (1986) of his Life of Langston Hughes was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and his Ralph Ellison: A Biography was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award.[2]
Rampersad is currently Professor of English and the Sara Hart Kimball Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University. He was Senior Associate Dean for the Humanities from January 2004 to August 2006.
^Edward Guthman, "ISOLATED MAN / Arnold Rampersad's biography examines how foibles and fame became powerful hurdles in the literary life of Ralph Ellison", SF Gate, 19 June 2007.
^"National Book Awards - 2007". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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