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FRESHMAN
Malika, Yousun, Karry
Authors
a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
Joanne Hyppolite
Joanne Hyppolite was born in 1969 Haiti and later when she grew up she move in to the United States Boston Massachusettes. When she was young she liked to read books in the local library in her hometown. When Joanne Hyppolite was 12 she began to write her own stories after reading all the books at home. After she graduating from Boston Latin School she went to the University of Pennsylvania and she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing.
When Hyppolite writed the story the story was mostly influenced by her mother told about Haiti when she was young. Another author called Kristin Hunter Lattany she was a influenced author to Hyppolite because when she was a child she read her story and also when Hyppolite grew up and started to wor she was encoraged to become a children's writer after taking class from Lattany.
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Alice Walker
she was born February 9th, 1944 (age 72) in Putnam Country Georgia, U.S.
She is a novelist, short story writer, poet.
Her notable work is The Color Purple.
She got Puliter Prize for fiction 1983, National Book Award 1983.
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RK Narayan
He was born October 10th, 1906 (aged 94) in Madras, British India.
He died May 13th, 2001 (aged 94).
He was a writer.
He got Padma Vibhushan, Sahitya Akademi Award, Benson Medal.
His notable works are including The Semi-Autobiographical Trilogy of Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher.
Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. She is an Asian American writer and known for her written tales of emotional problems between Chinese American mothers and daughters that are separated by generational and cultural differences. She began writing fiction.Her first novel was “The Joy Luck Club”, Amy made many accomplishments in her life, she received the Commonwealth Club Gold Award for fiction and the American Library Association’s Best Book for Young Adults Award. Also, she was on the 'New York Times' best seller for about 9 months.
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