Question

What does James Baldwin say about the experience of a black writer in America.?

Answer 1

James Arthur Baldwin was an american novelist, playwright, essayist,playwright,poet and activist.His essays , as collected in notes of a native son ,explore intricacies of racial,sexual and class distinctions in western society, most notably in regard to the mid twentieth century untied states.

Richard wright as you young man , Baldwin poetry teacher was counter Cullen.

A great influence on Baldwin was the painter Beauford Delaney.in the price of the ticket Baldwin describes Delaney as

The first living proof , for me , that a black man could be an artist.In a warmer time , a less blasphemous place, he would have been recognized as my teacher and I as his pupil.He become for me , an example of courage and integrity, humility and passion. An absolute integrity: I saw him shaken many times and I lived to see him broken but I never saw him bow.

Later support came from richard wright, whom Baldwin called the greatest black writer in the world.wright and Baldwin become friends, and wright helped Baldwin secure the Eugene F. Saxon memorial award .Baldwin's essay 'Note of a native son' and his collection notes of a native son allude to wrights novel native son .in Baldwin's 1949 essay " everybody's protest Novel" , how ever, he indicated that Native son like Harriet Beecher Stowe's uncle tom's cabin, lacked credible characters and psychological complexity, and the friendship between the two authors ended.interviewed by Julius Lester, however ,Baldwin explained " I knew Richard and loved him.I was not attacking him; I was trying to clarify something for myself" .