Faith Ringgold

Broschiertes Buch

We Flew over the Bridge

The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold

Beschreibung

African American artist Faith Ringgold narrates the events of her life from her childhood in 1930s Harlem to her stellar careers as both a best-selling children's writer and well-respected artist whose "story quilts" are displayed in museums worldwide.

Autor

Faith Ringgold was born in Harlem in 1930. She began painting more than forty years ago, and has exhibited in museums in the United States, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. In addition to Tar Beach , the children’s books she has written and illustrated include Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky, If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks, and My Dream of Martin Luther King. Ringgold has received more than seventy-five awards, fellowships, citations, and honors, including seventeen honorary doctorates. She lives in Englewood, New Jersey.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 194mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9780822335641
• ISBN-10: 0822335646
• Artikelnr.: 22456493