Richard Wright

Biography

Richard Nathaniel Wright was a renowned American author whose powerful works examined the injustices faced by African-Americans in white society. Born near Natchez, Mississippi, he won immediate fame with his first novel "Native Son" (1940), which tells the story of Bigger Thomas's tragic fate. A prolific writer, Wright also published autobiographical works like "Black Boy" (1945) and philosophical volumes like "Black Power" (1954).