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Ernest J. Gaines

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The Resume

    (January 15, 1933-November 5, 2019)
    Born in Oscar, Louisiana
    Middle name was James
    Author of 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1971),' 'A Gathering of Old Men (1983),' and 'A Lesson Before Dying (1993) '
    Other works include 'Bloodline (1968),' 'In My Father’s House (1978),' and 'The Tragedy of Brady Sims (2017)'

Why he might be annoying:

    He liked to wear a beret a lot.
    He burned his first manuscript after it was rejected by a publisher.
    He didn't marry until he was sixty.
    He didn't care for Turgenev and other Russian novelists, saying: 'They were not describing my people, my aunt, my brothers or my friends whom I played ball and marbles with. I did not see me.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was the eldest of twelve kids.
    He was raised by his aunt, who was handicapped.
    James Baldwin counted himself as a fan.
    His works have been translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese.
    'A Lesson Before Dying' won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction.
    Four of his books were made into television movies, including two starring Cicely Tyson.
    His writing usually focuses on race, community, and injustice in the rural south, and reflects his experiences growing up on a Louisiana plantation as a sharecropper.
    He was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Obama in 2013.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 125 Votes: 53.60% Annoying