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   James “Jim” Macpherson, age 93, of Iowa City, formerly of Montana, died Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at Oaknoll Retirement Residence in Iowa City. Jim was born June 16, 1930, in Port Washington, New York, to parents James William and Eleanor Doremus (Jacobi) Macpherson.

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   Aug 22, 2016 · McPherson, a longtime faculty member at the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, died July 27 in Iowa City from complications of pneumonia. He was 72.

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   James Alan McPherson (September 16, 1943 – July 27, 2016) was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was included among the first group of artists who received a MacArthur Fellowship.

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   James McPherson’s Love for Iowa City. Location. Iowa City. 123 S Linn St. …gradually [McPherson] began to connect with his Iowa City neighbors, with colleagues, and with students, and to see in Iowa City the basis of a spiritually centered democracy.

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   Jul 30, 2021 · James Alan McPherson (1943–2016) was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was included among the first group of artists who received a MacArthur Fellowship.

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   Who was James Alan McPherson?

   • James Alan McPherson (September 16, 1943 – July 27, 2016) was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was included among the first group of artists who received a MacArthur Fellowship.

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   How did John McPherson die?

   • McPherson died in hospice on July 27, 2016, in Iowa City, Iowa, due to complications of pneumonia. He was 72. He is survived by a daughter, Rachel McPherson (a child from his first marriage to the former Sarah Charlton, which had ended in divorce); a son from another relationship, Benjamin Miyamoto; a sister; and a brother.

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   Who was John McPherson and what did he do?

   • He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was included among the first group of artists who received a MacArthur Fellowship. At the time of his death, McPherson was a professor emeritus of fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

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   What happened to James Alan McPherson Park?

   • Previously Creekside Park, James Alan McPherson Park serves as a memorial and a gathering space for the community. McPherson died in hospice on July 27, 2016, in Iowa City, Iowa, due to complications of pneumonia. He was 72.

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   When did John McPherson get a Pulitzer Prize?

   • In 1972, McPherson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1978 for his short story collection Elbow Room, becoming the first black writer to receive the program's Fiction Prize.

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   Where did John McPherson go to college?

   • He attended Morgan State University from 1963 to 1964 before receiving his undergraduate degree in history and English from Morris Brown College in 1965. In 1968, McPherson received a LL.B. from Harvard Law School, where he partially financed his studies by working as a janitor.

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   Apr 11, 2024 · James "Jim" Macpherson, age 93, of Iowa City, formerly of Montana, died Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at Oaknoll Retirement Residence in Iowa City. Jim was born June 16, 1930, in Port Washington,...