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Melvin Dixon
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| Born | May 29, 1950 Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
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| Died | October 26, 1992 (aged 42) Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
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| Alma mater | Wesleyan University Brown University |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Employer | Queens College |
| Partner(s) | Richard Horovitz |
Melvin Dixon (May 29, 1950 – October 26, 1992) was an American Professor of Literature, and an author, poet and translator. He wrote about black gay men.
Early life
Melvin Dixon was born on May 29, 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut. He earned a BA from Wesleyan University in 1971 and a PhD from Brown University in 1975.
Career
Dixon was a Professor of Literature at Queens College from 1980 to 1992. He was the author of several books. In 1989, Trouble the Water won the Charles H. and N. Mildred Nilon Excellence in Minority Fiction Award. Vanishing Rooms won a Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Literature in 1992.
Death
Dixon died of complications from AIDS, which he had been battling since 1989, in his hometown, one year after his partner Richard Horovitz did.
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