(1943-09-16)September 16, 1943 Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Died
July 27, 2016(2016-07-27) (aged 72) Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.
Education
Morgan State University Morris Brown College (BA) Harvard University (LLB) University of Iowa (MFA)
Period
1968–2016
Genre
Fiction
Notable works
Elbow Room
Notable awards
Pulitzer Prize in Fiction MacArthur Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowship
Spouse
Sarah Charlton (div)
Children
2
James Alan McPherson (September 16, 1943 – July 27, 2016) was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was included among the first group of artists who received a MacArthur Fellowship. At the time of his death, McPherson was a professor emeritus of fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.[1]
^Roberts, Sam (July 27, 2016). "James Alan McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer, Dies at 72". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 3, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
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