John A. Williams
American author and journalist
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John Alfred Williams was an African American author, journalist, and academic. His novel The Man Who Cried I Am was a bestseller in 1967. Also a poet, he won an American Book Award for his 1998 collection Safari West. Wikipedia
Born: December 5, 1925, Jackson, MS
Died: July 3, 2015 (age 89 years), Paramus, NJ
Movies: Sweet Love, Bitter
Notable awards: American Book Award
Notable works: The Man Who Cried I Am (1967)
