Lewis Nordan
Lewis Alonzo Nordan (born August 23, 1939 in Forest , Mississippi , † April 13, 2012 in Cleveland , Ohio ) was an American writer and professor .
Life
Lewis Alonzo Nordan was born to Lemuel and Sara Bayles. He grew up in Itta Bena, Mississippi. He received his bachelor's degree from Millsaps College , his master's degree from Mississippi State University, and his PhD from Auburn University . By 2005, he taught creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh for over two decades .
The murder of Emmett Till followed Nordan thematically for a lifetime. Not only did the incident happen just 20 miles from his hometown, he knew the two killers personally, which he also admitted on a radio show in 1993. He processed the topics of gender, racism, violence, alcoholism, gun mania and southern life in general in his novels Wolf Whistle and The Sharpshooter Blues .
Nordan died on April 13, 2012 as a result of pneumonia .
Works
- 1983. Welcome to the Arrow-Catcher Fair (short stories)
- 1986: The All-Girl Football Team (short stories)
- 1993: Wolf Whistle (novel)
- 1995: The Sharpshooter Blues (novel)
- 2000: Boy With Loaded Gun (Fictional Memoir)
- Works in German
- 1996: The child who wanted to be an apple
- 1997: Alice in Mississippi
Web links
- Literature by and about Lewis Nordan in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lewis Nordan, Writer Who Spun Lyrical Tales, Dies at 72 , nytimes.com, accessed April 17, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nordan, Lewis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nordan, Lewis Alonzo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Forest , Mississippi |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 2012 |
| Place of death | Cleveland , Ohio |