Richard Wright
7/28/1943 - 9/15/2008
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Last Words
"Not Recorded"
Death & Legacy
Richard Wright, the author of “Native Son” and “Black Boy,” whose searing indictments of racial oppression helped change the face of American literature, died on Nov. 28, 1960, in Paris, where he had been living as an expatriate. He was 52.
Details
- Cause of Death
- Cancer
- Age at Death
- 65 years
- Funeral Location
- Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, France
- Final Resting Place
- Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, France