Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas (born September 20, 1988 in Jackson , Mississippi ) is an American writer.
Life
Angie Thomas grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, in the Georgetown neighborhood . In this poor and predominantly African American neighborhood, she saw gun violence and drug trafficking as a small child. She was in a park when two drug dealers started a shootout when she was six. The following day her mother took her to a library to show her that there were other things in the world than what she had just experienced. In 2009, Angie Thomas went to Belhaven University and studied creative writing , Oscar Grant was killed by police officers . Both the circumstances of Grant's killing and the manner in which the victim's past was spoken of made Thomas deeply angry, and she first wrote a short story with this in mind.
Other incidents in the following years: the Trayvon Martin death (2012), the Michael Brown death (2014) and the Tamir Rice death (2014) made her return to the subject and write the novel The Hate U Give . At the time, Thomas was the secretary of a Mississippi bishop. The publication of the novel enabled her to set up a non-profit organization. The title of the book refers to the term "Thug Life" coined by the rapper Tupac Shakur , an acronym for "The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody". In 2019, the book was filmed with the same title and received a variety of awards. In the same year Thomas' second novel "On the Come Up" was published. Angie Thomas lives in Jackson, Mississippi (as of 2019).
Works
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The Hate U Give , Balzer + Bray, New York 2017, ISBN 978-0-06249-853-3
- German: The Hate U Give . From the American by Henriette Zeltner. cbj, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-57016-482-2
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On The Come Up , Balzer + Bray, New York 2019, ISBN 978-0-06249-856-4
- German: On The Come Up . From the American by Henriette Zeltner. cbj, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-570-16548-5
Awards
- Morris Award 2018 for The Hate U Give
- Michael L. Printz Award Honorary Prize 2018 for The Hate U Give
- Coretta Scott King Award, 2018 Honorary Award for The Hate U Give
- Amnesty CILIP Honor 2018 for The Hate U Give
- Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2018 for The Hate U Give
- German Youth Literature Prize 2018 Youth Jury Prize: for The Hate U Give
Web links
- Literature by and about Angie Thomas in the catalog of the German National Library
- Angie Thomas at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website Angie Thomas (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Guardian: Angie Thomas: the debut novelist who turned racism and police violence into a bestseller, March 26, 2017, accessed June 20, 2020
- ↑ literaturfestival.com: Angie Thomas , accessed on June 20, 2020
- ↑ imdb.com: The Hate U Give , accessed June 20, 2020
- ↑ Morris Award 2018, accessed June 20, 2020
- ↑ ala.org/yalsa/2018-printz-award accessed on June 20, 2020
- ↑ www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards/coretta-scott-king-book-awards accessed on June 20, 2020
- ↑ carnegiegreenaway.org.uk: Geraldine McCaughrean scoops second CILIP Carnegie Medal 30 years after first win and champions triumph of 'literary' fiction on June 18, 2018, accessed on June 20, 2020
- ↑ waterstones.com: Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018 Overall Winner: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas , accessed June 20, 2020
- ↑ jugendliteratur.org The Hate U Give accessed on June 20, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomas, Angie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th September 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jackson , Mississippi |