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James, Marlon, 1970-

LC control no.no2005086485
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR9265.9.J358
Personal name headingJames, Marlon, 1970-
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See alsoEmployer: Macalester College http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60679
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Graduate of: University of the West Indies http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60808
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Graduate of: Wilkes University http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60808
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Other standard no.0000000072615785
9583183
Q16211564
Associated countryJamaica
LocatedMinneapolis (Minn.)
Birth date1970-11-24
Place of birthKingston (Jamaica)
Field of activityEducation, Higher Creative writing English literature
AffiliationMacalester College
Profession or occupationNovelists
English teachers
Literature teachers
Creative writing teachers
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Found inJohn Crow's devil, c2005: t.p. (Marlon James) jacket flap (Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1970)
Moon witch, spider king, 2022: CIP title page (Marlon James) LAC CIP application (Jamaican)
Wikipedia, February 22, 2022 (Marlon James (born 24 November 1970) is a Jamaican writer. He is the author of four novels: John Crow's Devil (2005), The Book of Night Women (2009), A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014), winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize, and Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019). Now living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the U.S., James teaches literature at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also a faculty lecturer at St. Francis College's Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing; born in Kingston, Jamaica)
Steven Barclay Agency website, February 22, 2022 (Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1970. He graduated from the University of the West Indies in 1991 with a degree in Language and Literature, and from Wilkes University in Pennsylvania in 2006 with a Masters in creative writing. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota and teaches English and creative writing at Macalester College)
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National bib agency no.1041C0705E
Associated languageeng
Quality codenlc