Melvin Dixon
Melvin Dixon (born May 29, 1950 in Stamford , Connecticut , USA ; † October 26, 1992 there ) was an American university professor, writer and translator.
Life
Dixon studied American studies at Wesleyan University and Brown University and from 1980 to 1992 he was a full professor of literature and English at New York's Queens College . Visiting professorships have taken him to the City University of New York , Fordham University , Columbia University , Williams College and his old alma mater , Wesleyan University.
As a writer, he made a name for himself primarily as a poet and novelist , whose focus was on literature for homosexual black men and was influenced by James Baldwin . He also worked as a translator and translated works by Leopold Senghor and Jacques Roumain into English. In 1989 he received the Nilon Award for Excellence in Minority Fiction.
The homosexual Melvin Dixon died one year after his partner Richard Hororwitz of the consequences of his AIDS on October 26, 1992.
plant
- Change of territory, 1983, poetry.
- Ride out the wilderness: Geography and identity in afroamerican literature, 1987, non-fiction book on Afroamerican literature.
- Trouble of Water, 1989, novel.
- Vanishing Rooms, 1991, novel.
- Love's instruments, poetry, 1995 (posthumous).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dixon, Melvin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American university professor, writer, and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stamford , Connecticut, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1992 |
| Place of death | Stamford , Connecticut, USA |