1937 - 2017
William Melvin Kelley American Novelist
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| First Name |
William
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| Middle Name |
Melvin
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| Last Name |
Kelley
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| Birthday |
1st November, 1937
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| Birthplace |
New York City, New York, United States
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| Died |
1st February, 2017
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| Place of Death |
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
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| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Writer, educator
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| Occupation |
Novelist
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Novel, short story
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William Melvin Kelley (November 1, 1937 – February 1, 2017) was an African American novelist and short-story writer. He is perhaps best known for his debut novel, A Different Drummer, published in 1962. He was also a university professor and creative writing instructor. In 2008, he received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Lifetime Achievement. Kelley is credited with being the first to commit the term "woke" to print, in the title of a 1962 New York Times op-ed on the use of African-American slang by beatniks: If You're Woke, You Dig It.
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