1923 - 2023
Louise Meriwether American Novelist
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| First Name |
Louise
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| Middle Name |
Marion
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| Last Name |
Meriwether
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| Maiden Name |
Jenkins
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| Full Name at Birth |
Louise Marion Jenkins
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| Birthday |
8th May, 1923
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| Birthplace |
Haverstraw, New York, USA
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| Died |
10th October, 2023
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| Place of Death |
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Novelist, biographer, journalist, activist
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| Occupation |
Novelist
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Louise Meriwether (May 8, 1923 – October 10, 2023) was an American novelist, essayist, journalist and activist, as well as a writer of biographies of historically important African Americans for children. She is best known for her first novel, Daddy Was a Number Runner (1970), which draws on autobiographical elements about growing up in Harlem, New York City, during the Depression and in the era after the Harlem Renaissance.
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