Wideman, John Edgar
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Name (Latin)
Wideman, John Edgar
Date of birth
1941-06-14
Place of birth
Washington (D.C.)
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Education, Higher
Novels
African literature
Fiction
Associate group
University of Pennsylvania
Iowa Writers' Workshop
University of Wyoming
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Brown University
Occupation
Novelists
Essayists
Critics
College teachers
Authors, Black
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- 20, c2001:t.p. (John Edgar Wideman) page 4 of cover (grew up in Homewood section of Pittsburgh; most recent book, Hoop roots)
- African American National Biography, accessed September 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Wideman, John Edgar; fiction writer, essayist, biographer, cultural critic, educator; born 14 June 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; BA in English, University of Pennsylvania (1963); studied philosophy at Oxford University's New College, graduated (1966); served as a Kent Fellow, University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop (1966-1967); awarded Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction (1991); taught at the English department, created and served as the first chair of the African American Studies program, University of Pennsylvania; moved to the University of Wyoming; professor of creative writing and American studies, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Asa Messer Professor and professor of Africana studies and English, Department of Africana Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (2004))
- Sent for you yesterday, c1983:title page (John Edgar Wideman) page 1 (b. 1941)
- Brothers and keepers, c1984:CIP t.p. (John Edgar Wideman)
- LC data base, 2/8/84(hdg.: Wideman, John Edgar)
- Sent for you yesterday, c1983:t.p. (John Edgar Wideman) p. 1 (b. 1941)
- 20, c2001:t.p. (John Edgar Wideman) p. 4 of cover (grew up in Homewood section of Pittsburgh; most recent book, Hoop roots)
- Jackie Shearer papers, 1966-1993:(John Edgar Wideman)
- John Edgar Wideman (b. June 14, 1941, Washington, D.C.) is an African American writer; professor Africana Studies and Literary Arts at Brown University ( (Wikipedia, Jan. 24, 2014) )