1928–2014
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Sarah E. Wright
1928–2009
United States
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Sarah Elizabeth Wright (December 9, 1928 – September 13, 2009) was an American writer and social activist. Her novel This Child's Gonna Live, published in 1969, was acclaimed by critics and "was among the first to focus on the confluence of race, class and sex". The New York Times named it "outstanding book of 1969" and it was called a "small masterpiece".
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