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William Alexander Attaway is an African American novelist, short story writer, essayist, musician, playwright, and screenwriter.
BornWilliam Alexander Attaway, November 19, 1911, Greenville, Mississippi, United States
DiedJune 17, 1986, Los Angeles, California, United States
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, essayist
Period1935–1967
GenreProletarian literature
Notable worksBlood on the Forge, "Banana Boat Song"

About William Attaway

Novelist William Attaway was born in Mississippi, United States on November 19, 1911. He dies at the age of 74, on June 17, 1986.

He is most known for his 1941 novel, Blood on the Forge, and his 1957 work, Calypso Song Book. He is an African-American composer, fiction writer, and playwright. Carnival and Let Me Breathe Thunder are two of his early works.

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William Attaway before becoming famous

William Attaway was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1911 is also the year of Pig (豬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

At the University of Illinois, he was a tennis champion. He moved to New York after graduating from college.

Achievement of William Attaway

He spent the last few years of his life as a scriptwriter in Los Angeles.

William Attaway's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1962, he and his Caucasian bride, Frances, married. They moved to Barbados with their two children to avoid racial prejudice in the United States.

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Attaway was motivated to become a writer as a young man after reading a poem by Poet Langston Hughes.

William Attaway Income & Net worth

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