John Edgar Wideman
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John Edgar Wideman
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John Edgar Wideman is an African American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and essayist. He was the first person to win the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction twice. His writing is known for experimental techniques and a focus on the African-American experience. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wideman excelled as a student athlete at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1963, he became the second African American to win a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford. In addition t
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American writer (born 1941)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edgar_Wideman
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2005-02-07T19:15:19Z
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2024-09-12T07:01:13Z
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