David Wright (writer) explained

David Wright
Occupation:	Professor, writer
Language:	English
Education:	Carleton College (BA) University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Humanities and Fine Arts (MFA)
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David Wright is an American writer.

Early life and education

Wright grew up in Borger, Texas. His mother is a white Jewish woman who survived the Nazi occupation of Paris. Her parents were affluent, assimilated French Jews. His mother was a member of the French Communist Party; she immigrated to the US in the 1950s as the GI bride of an African-American soldier.^[1] He holds a BA from Carleton College and an MFA from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He also studied at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Before he started teaching creative writing, he was a player/coach on various American football teams in Paris and London. He teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, but lives in Texas.^[2]

He has also published under the name "David Wright Faladé," in honor of his biological father, Max Faladé, from Porto-Novo in Benin, the grandson of Béhanzin, the last King of Dahomey.^[3]

Works

Books

• Black Cloud Rising, Atlantic Monthly Press, February 2022.^{[4] [5]}
• Book: Bouchard. Luc. Away Running. Wright. David. April 12, 2016. Orca Books. 978-1-4598-1048-8. Victoria, British Columbia. 913176274. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}
• Book: Wright. David. Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers. Zoby. David. 2002. Oxford University Press. 0-19-515484-3. New York. 49284293. registration. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Short stories

• "The Sand Banks, 1861" (2020)^[14]

Documentary film

• Rescue Men: The Story of the Pea Island Lifesavers (2010).^[15]

Television journalism

• "The Pea Island Story", co-written and co-produced with Stephanie Frederic and David Zoby. Aired on BET Tonight, February 1999.

Awards

• 2017: International Board on Books for Young People, grades 9–12, Away Running^[16]
• 2011: Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.^[17]
• 2009: North Carolina Humanities Council, Large Grant, for production of Rescue Men: The Story of the Pea Island Lifesavers.
• 2005: Dobie-Paisano Fellowship, University of Texas and the Texas Institute of Letters.
• 2004: Tennessee Williams Scholar, Sewanee Writers’ Conference.
• 1999: National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Institute for College and University Faculty Fellow, W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University, "The Civil Rights Movement: History and Consequences".
• 1997–1998: Chancellor’s Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship, Afro-American Studies and Research Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• 1994: Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award, the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation, Fairfax, VA.
• 1993: Paul Cuffe Memorial Fellowship, Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies, Mystic, Connecticut.

Notes and References

1. The Truth About My Father . . 2023-03-22.
2. https://x.com/BurnEr92976227/status/1546589019173097472
3. Leyshon. Cressida. David Wright Faladé on Complicated Backstories. 2020-08-31. The New Yorker. en-us.
4. News: Garner. A Rousing Novel Follows a Brigade of Black Soldiers in the Civil War. The New York Times . February 14, 2022 . 2022-02-14. en-us.
5. Citeweb|title='Black Cloud Rising' novelizes the leader of an all-Black brigade in the Civil War|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/02/23/1082621863/black-cloud-rising-novelizes-the-leader-of-an-all-black-brigade-in-the-civil-war|access-date=2022-03-03|website=National Public Radio|language=en-us
6. Web site: Dror. Stephanie. 2016-03-21. Away Running. 2020-09-01. Quill & Quire.
7. Huenemann. Karyn. February 1, 2016. Away Running (review). Resource Links (Society for Canadian Educational Resources). 21. 3. 18–19.
8. Krieger-Munday. Courtney. April 2016. Wright, David, and Luc Bouchard. Away Running.. Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA). 9. 1. 69.
9. Web site: Bouchard. Luc. October 1, 2016. Away Running. 2020-09-01. School Library Journal.
10. News: Yardley. Jonathan. July 29, 2001. Review of Fire on the Beach. August 31, 2020. The Washington Post.
11. Web site: Steelman. Ben. July 22, 2001. Review of Fire on the Beach. 2020-09-01. Wilmington Star News. en.
12. Web site: Gill. Leonard. October 9, 2001. Operation Rescue. 2020-09-01. Memphis Flyer. en.
13. Web site: Stover. Douglas. 2008. Pea Island Life-Saving Station. NPS History.
14. Wright Faladé . David . August 24, 2020 . . The New Yorker . New York . Condé Nast . 25 July 2022-->.
15. Web site: Kozak. Catherine. January 10, 2010. Film to shine spotlight on black surfmen of Pea Island. 2020-09-01. The Virginian-Pilot.
16. Web site: Johnson. Holly. January 31, 2017. Outstanding International Books: Presenting the 2017 USBBY Selections. 2020-09-01. School Library Journal.
17. Web site: David Wright. 2020-09-01. Fulbright Scholar Program.