James Alan McPherson
American essayist
James Alan McPherson 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. Wikipedia
Born: September 16, 1943, Savannah, GA
Died: July 27, 2016 (age 72 years), Iowa City, IA
Education: The University of Iowa (1969), Harvard University, Morris Brown College, and more
Grandchildren: Sarah Macdonald, Katherine Macdonald, and Donald Macdonald
Children: Rachel McPherson
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