Black Boy (1945) is an autobiography by Richard Wright. Depicting Wright's life in great detail, the book tells the story of his troubled youth and race relations in the South. It is about the many struggles that a person of his race must go through in order to survive in the early 1900's. In the story, Richard is a non religious child who grows up in a racist world. He must overcome those struggles in order to bring himself and loved family members to the north.

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  • Black Boy (1945) is an autobiography by Richard Wright. Depicting Wright's life in great detail, the book tells the story of his troubled youth and race relations in the South. It is about the many struggles that a person of his race must go through in order to survive in the early 1900's. In the story, Richard is a non religious child who grows up in a racist world. He must overcome those struggles in order to bring himself and loved family members to the north. There he becomes involved with the Communist party. Also in the story, Richard is a very lonely person which allows him to realize the many advantages of reading books.
  • Black Boy ist die Autobiographie des amerikanischen Schriftstellers Richard Wright erschienen 1945 im Verlag HarperCollins. Die 1947 im Steinberg Verlag Zürich erschienene deutsche Übersetzung mit dem Titel „Ich Negerjunge: die Geschichte einer Kindheit und Jugend“ besorgte Rudolf Frank unter dem Pseudonym Harry Rosbaud. Das Buch war die Vorlage für eine amerikanische TV-Dokumentation „Richard Wright - Black Boy“ von 1995 über den Autor. Der HarperCollins Verlag verkaufte 195.000 Exemplare des Werkes in der Originalausgabe. Die verkaufte Auflage des Book of the Month Club, einer Buchgemeinschaft, wird mit 351.000 angegeben . In den USA gilt das Buch als häufige Schullektüre.
  • Black Boy est un roman autobiographique de l'auteur noir américain Richard Wright, publié en 1945. Avec le roman Native son, écrit en 1940, Black Boy est l'un des premiers romans écrits par des noirs sur leurs conditions de vie. C'est pourquoi l'on considère souvent que son auteur a ouvert la voie aux autres écrivains noirs.
  • Ragazzo negro è un romanzo di formazione dello scrittore statunitense Richard Wright.
  • Black Boy är den första delen av Richard Wrights självbiografi från 1945. Den beskriver författarens egen barn- och ungdom i rasismens Mississippi under tidigt 1900-tal. Uppföljaren Hunger i Amerika gavs ut postumt 1978, eftersom Wright dragit tillbaka den vid utgivningen av Black Boy.
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  • Black Boy (1945) is an autobiography by Richard Wright. Depicting Wright's life in great detail, the book tells the story of his troubled youth and race relations in the South. It is about the many struggles that a person of his race must go through in order to survive in the early 1900's. In the story, Richard is a non religious child who grows up in a racist world. He must overcome those struggles in order to bring himself and loved family members to the north.
  • Black Boy ist die Autobiographie des amerikanischen Schriftstellers Richard Wright erschienen 1945 im Verlag HarperCollins. Die 1947 im Steinberg Verlag Zürich erschienene deutsche Übersetzung mit dem Titel „Ich Negerjunge: die Geschichte einer Kindheit und Jugend“ besorgte Rudolf Frank unter dem Pseudonym Harry Rosbaud. Das Buch war die Vorlage für eine amerikanische TV-Dokumentation „Richard Wright - Black Boy“ von 1995 über den Autor.
  • Black Boy est un roman autobiographique de l'auteur noir américain Richard Wright, publié en 1945. Avec le roman Native son, écrit en 1940, Black Boy est l'un des premiers romans écrits par des noirs sur leurs conditions de vie. C'est pourquoi l'on considère souvent que son auteur a ouvert la voie aux autres écrivains noirs.
  • Ragazzo negro è un romanzo di formazione dello scrittore statunitense Richard Wright.
  • Black Boy är den första delen av Richard Wrights självbiografi från 1945. Den beskriver författarens egen barn- och ungdom i rasismens Mississippi under tidigt 1900-tal. Uppföljaren Hunger i Amerika gavs ut postumt 1978, eftersom Wright dragit tillbaka den vid utgivningen av Black Boy.
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