James Alan McPherson (September 16, 1943 – July 27, 2016) 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. At the time of his death, McPherson was a professor emeritus of fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
James Alan McPherson
Author details
- Born:
- Sept. 16, 1943
- Died:
- July 27, 2016
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James Alan McPherson (September 16, 1943 – July 27, 2016) 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. At the time of his death, McPherson was a professor emeritus of fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Books by James Alan McPherson
The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake
by Breece D'J Pancake, Andre Dubus III, James Alan McPherson, and 1 other
The Best American Short Stories 1973
by Sylvia Plath, Guy Davenport, Donald Barthelme, and 19 others