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Revision as of 10:50, 30 December 2010

This is a list of African American authors and writers, all of whom are considered part of African American literature.

Note: Consult Who is African American? to gain a better sense as to who can be listed as an African American writer.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

See also


A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

  • William "Bill" Quinn, journalist, poet, editor (Downbeat) and college professor (Howard University)
  • Sofia Quintero, author of Black Artemis novels

R

S

T

Toi Nichelle

V

  • Ivan Van Sertima (born in Kitty Village, Guyana, on 26 January 1935), professor, author, historian, linguist and anthropologist at Rutgers University, noted proponent of theories of pre-Columbian contact between Africa and the Americas
  • Henry Van Dyke

W

X

Y

Z

See also

Notes

  1. ^ [1] "As the first African-American fiction writer to achieve a national reputation, Ohio native Charles W. Chesnutt..."
  2. ^ [2] "Although he has written much outside the genre, Samuel R. Delany is, along with Octavia Butler, one of two African Americans who, as writers, rank near the..."
  3. ^ [3] "African-American novelist William Demby was born [...]"
  4. ^ http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/Winners/Biography.aspx?id=830
  5. ^ [4] "Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet."
  6. ^ [5] "He is an African-American writer and educator."
  7. ^ Interview with Toby Thompkins, author of The Real Lives Of Strong Black Women
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