James Baldwin facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
James Baldwin
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Baldwin in 1969
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James Arthur Baldwin
August 2, 1924 New York City, New York, U.S.
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| Died | December 1, 1987 (aged 63) Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1947–1985 |
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Notable work
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Go Tell It on the Mountain Giovanni's Room Notes of a Native Son |
James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic.
Baldwin's essays, such as the collection Notes of a Native Son (1955), explore racial and class matters in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America.
Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. He studied at DeWitt Clinton High School and at The New School. Baldwin was gay. He married and had no children. Baldwin died on December 1, 1987 in Saint-Paul de Vence, France from esophageal cancer, aged 63.
Images for kids
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Historic Plaque unveiled by Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation at 81 Horatio St. where James Baldwin lived in the late 1950s and early 1960s during one of his most prolific and creative periods
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James Baldwin, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955
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James Baldwin in his house in Saint-Paul-de-Vence
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The Café where Baldwin wrote his first novel "Go Tell It on the Mountain" - Café de Flore, Paris, France
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The house where James Baldwin lived and died in Saint Paul de Vence, France
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Baldwin with Shakespeare by Allan Warren
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Baldwin (right of center) with Hollywood actors Charlton Heston and Marlon Brando at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Sidney Poitier (rear) and Harry Belafonte (right of Brando) can also be seen in the crowd.
