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ABOUT
A prominent African-American author and scholar, he is best known for his novels, Dreamer (1998) and Middle Passage (1990), which detail black life in America. His other works include such non-fiction titles as The Joy of Being Buddhist: Dharma Essays and Stories and Black Men Speaking.He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship.He and Paul Foster have both received Guggenheim fellowships.
BEFORE FAMEHe studied journalism at Southern Illinois University and SUNY-Stony Brook. He also worked as a political cartoonist.
PERSONAL LIFEHe was born in Evanston, Illinois. He later taught for many years at the University of Washington.
The meaning of the name Johnson: Son Of John FUN FACTSNovelist Charles R. Johnson were born on Friday, in a leap year, birthstone is Diamond, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Rat, it is 112 days until Charles R. Johnson next birthday.
