Motley, Willard, 1909-1965
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Name (Hebrew)
מוטלי, ווילארד, 1912-1965
Name (Latin)
Motley, Willard, 1909-1965
Other forms of name
Motley, Willard
מוטלי, וילרד, 1912-1965
מוטלי, וילארד, 1912-1965
מוטליי, ווילארד
Date of birth
1912-07-14
Date of death
1965
Place of birth
Chicago (Ill.)
Occupation
Authors
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
מקום לידה: שיקאגו
מקום לידה: Chicago
תאריך לידה: 14.7.1912
Sources of Information
- זעקת הפרברים, [תשכ"ב]:
- Record enhanced with data from Bibliography of the Hebrew Book database
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Wikipedia description:
Willard Francis Motley (July 14, 1909 – March 4, 1965) was an American author. Beginning as a teenager, Motley published a column in the African-American oriented Chicago Defender newspaper under the pen-name Bud Billiken. He worked as a freelance writer, and later founded and published the Hull House Magazine and worked in the Federal Writers Project. Motley's first and best known novel was Knock on Any Door (1947), which was made into a movie of the same name (1949).
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