Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019
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- His Catherine Carmier, 1964.
- IMDb, May 22, 2009(Ernest J. Gaines; b. Jan. 15, 1933, Oscar, Louisiana, USA; writer, self)
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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. His 1993 novel, A Lesson Before Dying, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Gaines was a MacArthur Foundation fellow, was awarded the National Humanities Medal, and was inducted into the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) as a Chevalier.
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