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Gloria Naylor

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Born: January 24 1950

Died: 2727 09 20162016

Gloria Naylor was an African-American novelist whose most popular work, The Women of Brewster Place, was made into a 1984 film starring Oprah Winfrey.

Naylor won the National Book Award for first fiction in 1983 for The Women of Brewster Place. Her subsequent novels included Linden Hills, Mama Day and Bailey's Cafe. In addition to her novels, Naylor wrote essays and screenplays, as well as the stage adaptation of Bailey's Cafe. Naylor also founded One Way Productions, an independent film company, and was involved in a literacy program in the Bronx.

A native New Yorker, Gloria Naylor was a graduate of Brooklyn College and Yale University. She was distinguished with numerous honors, including Scholar-in-Residence, the University of Pennsylvania; Senior Fellow, The Society for the Humanities, Cornell University; the President's Medal, Brooklyn College; and Visiting Professor, University of Kent, Canterbury, England. Naylor was the recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships for her novels and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for screenwriting.

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Gloria Naylor

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Books from Gloria Naylor

The Women of Brewster Place

Mama Day

Bailey's Café

Linden Hills

The Men of Brewster Place

Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to Present

Conversations with Gloria Naylor

Women Writing Africa: Volume 1: The Southern Region

The Women of Brewster Place (SparkNotes Literature Guide)

Black Satin: Contemporary Erotic Fiction by Writers of African Origin

The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899 -1967 [and] Children of The Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967-1995

Mama Day (KnowledgeNotes Student Guides)

1996