Etheridge Knight biographical materials, ca. 1984.

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Etheridge Knight biographical materials, ca. 1984.

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The collection contains Knight's vita, publisher's announcement of Poems from prison, and a notice of Knight's talk at Penn State, 26 January [1984?].

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Knight, Etheridge, 1931-1991

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Ethridge Knight Jr. (son of Etheridge Sr. and Belzora Cozart Knight) was born in Corinth, Mississippi, on 19 April 1931. He grew up in Corinth and Paducah, Kentucky, attended local schools and dropped out after the eighth grade. He joined the United States Army in 1947. He was wounded during the Korean Conflict and developed an addiction to drugs and alcohol. After his discharge from the service he turned to crime in support of his habit and in 1960 was arrested for armed robbery. He was incarce...