Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed (born February 22, 1938 in Chattanooga , Tennessee ) is an American writer .
Life
Reed moved with his family to Buffalo , New York as a child and attended the University of New York in Buffalo there from 1956 to 1960 .
In addition to his writing activities, Reed was a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley and worked as an editor. He has been the editor of Konch Magazine since 1998 . Reed now lives in Oakland , California , where he was involved in the African American protest movement.
With his satirical novels he is one of the most important authors of literary postmodernism in the USA .
In 1998 he was a MacArthur Fellow .
Works (selection)
- The free-lance pallbearers (1967)
- Yellow back radio broke-down (1969)
- Mumbo jumbo (1972)
- The last days of Louisiana Red (1974)
- Flight to Canada (1976)
- The terrible twos (1982)
- Reckless eyeballing (1986)
- The terrible threes (1989)
- Japanese by spring (1993)
Web links
- Literature by and about Ishmael Reed in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entries at worldcat.org
- Short biography and interview at aalbc.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b short biography at aalbc.com
- ↑ Biography at Poets.org
- ^ Robert Elliot Fox: About Ishmael Reed's Life and Work
- ↑ Homepage of Konch Magazine
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reed, Ishmael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chattanooga , Tennessee |