1909 - 1965
Willard Motley American Novelist
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Details
| Birthday |
14th July, 1909
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| Birthplace |
Chicago
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| Died |
4th March, 1965
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| Place of Death |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Author
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| Occupation |
Novelist
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| Year(s) Active |
1923–1965
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Willard Francis Motley (July 14, 1909 – March 4, 1965) was an African-American author. Motley published a column in the Chicago Defender under the pen-name Bud Billiken. Motley also worked as a freelance writer, and later founded and published the Hull House Magazine and worked in the Federal Writers Project. Motley's first and best known novel was Knock on Any Door, which was made into a movie by the same name (1947).
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