Johnson, Charles R.

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Summary: Charles Richard Johnson is an American scholar and the author of novels, short stories, screen-and-teleplays, and essays, most often with a philosophical orientation. Johnson has directly addressed the issues of black life in America in novels such as Dreamer and Middle Passage. Johnson was born in 1948 in Evanston, Illinois, and spent most of his career at the University of Washington in Seattle. Wikipedia
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [4]
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4]
Born: 1948 [2]; 1948-04-23 [4]
Birth Place: Evanston, Ill. [2]; Evanston [4]
Country: United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: writer [4]; screenwriter [4]; novelist [4]; philosopher [4]; literary scholar [4]; man of letters [4]; short story writer [4]
Employer: University of Washington [4]
Work Place: Seattle, Wash. [2]
Educated at: Southern Illinois University Carbondale [4]; Stony Brook University [4]
Country of Education: United States [4]
Archives at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [4]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Wikidata

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