| James Baldwin  AKA James Arthur Baldwin
Born: 2-Aug-1924
Birthplace: Harlem, NY
Died: 30-Nov-1987
Location of death: Saint-Paul de Vence, France
Cause of death: Cancer - Stomach
Remains: Buried, Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Gay
Occupation: Novelist, Essayist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Go Tell It on the Mountain Father: David Baldwin (stepfather)
Mother: Berdis Jones
High School: DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, NY (1942)
Guggenheim Fellowship 1954
Croix de Guerre 1986
Dramatists Guild of America
Suicide Attempt Paris
Author of books:
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953, autobiographical novel)
Notes of a Native Son (1955, essays)
Giovanni's Room (1956, novel)
Nobody Knows My Name (1961, essays)
Another Country (1962, novel)
The Fire Next Time (1962, nonfiction, on Muslim black separatism)
Going to Meet the Man (1965, short stories)
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (1968, novel)
If Beale Street Could Talk (1974, novel)
Just Above My Head (1979, novel)
The Price of the Ticket (1985, essays)
Wrote plays:
The Amen Corner (1954, performed 1965)
Blues for Mister Charlie (1964)
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