Golden, Marita
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Name (Latin)
Golden, Marita
Date of birth
1950-04-28
Associated country
United States
Occupation
College teachers
Journalists
Novelists
Gender
female
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Sources of Information
- African American National Biography, accessed January 31, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Golden, Marita; fiction writer, educator; born 28 April 1950 possibly in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; graduated from the American University in Washington, DC (1968); earned MFA in Journalism from Columbia University; was an editorial assistant and freelancer for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Essence Magazine; wrote Migrations of the Heart: An Autobiography while in Nigeria (1975); co-founded the African American Writers Guild; founded the Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Foundation (1990); authored eleven books, including her well known work, Saving Our Sons (1996); honors include, Authors Guild Award for Distinguished Service to the Literary Community (2002); Barnes and Noble Writers for Writers Award (2001); inducted into the International Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent; the Woman of the Year award)
- African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Golden, Marita; fiction writer, poet, educator, activist; born 28 Apr. 1950 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; attended American University in Washington, D.C.; intern and general assignment reporter at the Baltimore Sun; MFA in Journalism, Columbia University; editorial assistant, journalist in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Essence magazine; moved to Africa with her husband and taught at the University of Lagos; moved back to the United States; founded the African American Writers Guild and the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation)
- Her Migrations of the heart, 1983:CIP t.p. (Marita Golden)