Charles R. Johnson

Charles R. Johnson (born 1948) is an American scholar and author of novels, short stories, and essays. Johnson, an African-American, has directly addressed the issues of black life in America in novels such as Middle Passage and Dreamer.

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1948 - American - Author - Novel - Short stories - Essay - African-American

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Johnson first came to prominence in the 1960s as a political cartoonist, at which time he was also involved in radical politics. In 1970, he published a collection of cartoons, and this led to a television series about cartooning on PBS. Johnson's first novel, Faith and the Good Thing was published in 1974. In 1990, he was awarded the National Book Award for Middle Passage.

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Johnson is currently the Pollock Professor in Humanities at the University of Washington, and is a MacArthur Fellow. He is also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2003 he published Turning the Wheel, a collections of essays about his experiences as an African-American Buddhist.

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University of Washington - MacArthur Fellow - Guggenheim Fellowship - 2003 - Buddhist

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