William Melvin Kelley (1937–2017)
Author of A Different Drummer
About the Author
William Melvin Kelley Jr. was born in Staten Island, New York on November 1, 1937. He studied English at Harvard University. During his senior year, his short story The Poker Game was published in The Harvard Advocate and won the Dana Reed Prize, awarded for the best work of fiction in an show more undergraduate publication. He left school before graduating to concentrate on writing. His first novel, A Different Drummer, was published in 1962. His other books included Dancers on the Shore, A Drop of Patience, Dem, and Dunfords Travels Everywheres. He wrote, produced, and starred in Excavating Harlem in 2290, an experimental film made with the video artist Steve Bull and released in 1988. His video diaries of Harlem were edited by Benjamin Oren Abrams into a short film, The Beauty That I Saw, which was shown at the Harlem International Film Festival in 2015. He died from complications of kidney failure on February 1, 2017 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by William Melvin Kelley
A Good Long Sidewalk 1 copy
Un altro tamburo 1 copy
Associated Works
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Contributor — 276 copies
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology (1967) — Contributor — 176 copies
Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stories (1992) — Contributor — 101 copies
19 Necromancers From Now: An Anthology of Original American Writings for the 1970s (1970) — Author — 11 copies
Discovering Fiction Level 2 Student's Book: A Reader of North American Short Stories (2012) — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1937-11-01
- Date of death
- 2017-02-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Staten Island, New York, USA
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Paris, France
Jamaica - Education
- Harvard University
- Occupations
- novelist
professor - Organizations
- Saturday Evening Post
State University of New York at Geneseo
New School for Social Research
Sarah Lawrence College
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- Works
- 11
- Also by
- 18
- Members
- 440
- Popularity
- #55,641
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 45
- Languages
- 6