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Jesmyn Ward

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Jesmyn Ward

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Full Name: Jesmyn Ward
Born: April 1, 1977
Occupation: Professor
Nationality: American
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Biography

Jesmyn Ward is an American novelist and an associate professor of English at Tulane University. She won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction for her second novel Salvage the Bones and won the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction for her novel Sing, Unburied, Sing. She also received a 2012 Alex Award for the story about familial love and community in facing Hurricane Katrina. She is the only woman and only African American to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice.


Works in the WWEnd Database

 Non Series Works

 (2017)