Ann Petry
Novelist, Author
1908 – 1997
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Who was Ann Petry?
Ann Petry was an American author who became the first black woman writer with book sales topping a million copies for her novel The Street.
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- Born
- Oct 12, 1908
Old Saybrook - Also known as
- Ann Lane Petry
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Connecticut
- Died
- Apr 28, 1997
Old Saybrook
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on July 23, 2013
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