Golden, Marita

LC control no.	n 82088043
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PS3557.O3593
Personal name heading	Golden, Marita *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Nigeria
Birth date	1950-04-28
Place of birth	Washington (D.C.)
Affiliation	American University (Washington, D.C.) Columbia University Hurston/Wright Foundation University of Lagos New York Times Company Washington Post Company African American Writers Guild
Profession or occupation	Novelists College teachers Journalists
Found in	Her Migrations of the heart, 1983: CIP t.p. (Marita Golden) African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Golden, Marita; fiction writer, poet, educator, activist; born 28 Apr. 1950 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; attended American University in Washington, D.C.; intern and general assignment reporter at the Baltimore Sun; MFA in Journalism, Columbia University; editorial assistant, journalist in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Essence magazine; moved to Africa with her husband and taught at the University of Lagos; moved back to the United States; founded the African American Writers Guild and the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation) African American National Biography, accessed January 31, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Golden, Marita; fiction writer, educator; born 28 April 1950 possibly in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; graduated from the American University in Washington, DC (1968); earned MFA in Journalism from Columbia University; was an editorial assistant and freelancer for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Essence Magazine; wrote Migrations of the Heart: An Autobiography while in Nigeria (1975); co-founded the African American Writers Guild; founded the Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Foundation (1990); authored eleven books, including her well known work, Saving Our Sons (1996); honors include, Authors Guild Award for Distinguished Service to the Literary Community (2002); Barnes and Noble Writers for Writers Award (2001); inducted into the International Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent; the Woman of the Year award)