The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Ernest J. Gaines

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Ernest J. Gaines

05/22/2017

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2017.102

Author Ernest J. Gaines (1933- ) published several novels and was nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize. The film version his novel A Lesson Before Dying won nine Emmy Awards. Gaines was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 05/22/2017, in New Orleans, Louisiana. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 36m 34s

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Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-....

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Prominent Louisiana author of several modern American novels, including AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN, and writer in residence at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. From the description of Ernest Gaines letters, 1960-1967. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 255978371 Ernest J. Gaines, a prominent African American writer, was born on Jan. 15, 1933. He grew up in the slave quarters of a plantation in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, a place which influenced...