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   Ernest James Gaines (January 15, 1933 – November 5, 2019) was an American author whose works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese. Four of his works were made into television movies.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Ernest-J-GainesErnest J. Gaines | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

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   Ernest J. Gaines, American writer whose fiction, as exemplified by The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1971) and A Lesson Before Dying (1993), reflects the African American experience and the oral tradition of his rural Louisiana childhood. Learn more about Gaines’s life and work.

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4. www.npr.org › novelist-ernest-j-gaines-dies-at-age-86Novelist Ernest J. Gaines Dies At Age 86 - NPR

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   Nov 6, 2019 · Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, acclaimed author of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and other novels about the struggles of African Americans in rural Louisiana, died at his home in Oscar,...

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6. ernestgaines.louisiana.edu › authorThe Author | Ernest J. Gaines Center

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   Learn about the life and works of Ernest J. Gaines, a world-renowned author of ten books of fiction set in rural south Louisiana. Explore his themes of race, community, culture, dignity, and social justice in his novels, short stories, and essays.

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   Nov 5, 2019 · Ernest J. Gaines, who wrote of the inner struggle for dignity among Southern black people before the civil rights era in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and other acclaimed novels, died...

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   May 22, 2017 · Ernest J. Gaines. Author Ernest J. Gaines was born on January 15, 1933 in Oscar, Louisiana to Manuel Gaines and Adrienne Jefferson Gaines. Gaines attended St. Augustine Catholic School until he moved to Vallejo, California in 1948 to live with his mother and stepfather.

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   Who was Ernest J Gaines?

   • Ernest J Gaines, recipient of the National Humanities Medal, National Medal of the Art, Chavalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the government of France, and a National Books Critics Circle Award winner, died on Nov. 5, 2019, at his home in Oscar, Louisiana. He was 86.

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   What happened to Ernest Gaines?

   • Ernest Gaines, the award-winning author of A Lesson Before Dying and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 86. The Baton Rouge Area Foundation confirmed to the Associated Press that he died in his sleep of cardiac arrest at his home in Oscar, Louisiana.

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   What is the Ernest J Gaines Award?

   • ” The Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence honors Louisiana’s revered storyteller, Ernest J. Gaines, and serves to inspire and recognize rising African-American fiction writers of excellence at a national level.

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   What is the Ernest J Gaines Center?

   • In 2010 UL Lafayette formally opened the Ernest J Gaines Center, an International research center on Gaines and his work. Gaines’s original manuscript and papers, all edition and translations of his work, and memorabilia-gifts from the Gaines to the University, are housed in the center.

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   Where did Ernest Gaines Live?

   • One of America's most acclaimed authors, and a revered professor of literature, Ernest Gaines lived the last decades of his life in a great house on land that was once part of the plantation where generations of his family had suffered and endured.

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   What did Ernest Gaines do for a living?

   • He was also was inducted into the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) as a Chevalier. In 1995, the University of Mississippi published Conversations with Ernest Gaines edited by John Lowe.

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10. ernestgaines.louisiana.edu › author › his-lifeHis Life | Ernest J. Gaines Center

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    Learn about the life and achievements of Ernest J. Gaines, a renowned African American novelist and teacher. He was born in Louisiana, moved to California, and taught at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.