Novelist Willard Motley

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Willard Motley

Living place: Illinois

Birthday: 4-7-1909

Population of US 1909: 90,490,000

Global rank: #80590

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Who is Novelist Willard Motley?
An African-American twentieth-century writer and journalist, he is known for his 1947 novel, Knock on Any Door, made into a film by director Nicholas Ray and actor Humphrey Bogart . His other works include Let No Man Write My Epitaph and Let Noon Be Fair. His most famous novel, Knocking on Any Door, is generally classified as a work of gritty naturalism.
 
 

Young / Before famous

Using the pseudonym of "Bud Billikin," he wrote a children's column titled "Bud Was" for the Chicago Defenders.

Family life info

He grew up on the South side of Chicago, and he died in Mexico City. He is the grandson of artist Archibald Motley.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Willard Motley?
His novel, We Catch All Night, was adapted into a film featuring music by Ella Fitzgerald.

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When was Novelist Willard Motley born?
Willard Motley was born in 4-7-1909, death year is , at the age of 115.
Where is Novelist Willard Motley's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Willard Motley was born in Illinois, . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Willard Motley's global rank is 80590 and whose rank is 943 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1909 is about 90,490,000 persons.
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Events in 1909 and 4-7

Events in US in the birth year of Willard Motley

  • The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded by prominent black and white intellectuals and led by W. E. B. Du Bois.
  • Congress enacts Republican-sponsored Payne-Aldrich Tariff, which is met by the public with disappointment.

Birthday Willard Motley (4-7) in history

  • Day 4-7 year 1776: The United States declares independence. Officially free from British domination. 
  • Day 4-7 year 1826: Former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.
  • Day 4-7 year 1831: Former president James Monroe died.
  • Day 4-7 year 1845: Writer Henry David Thoreau moved into his shack on Walden Pond.
  • Day 4-7 year 1862: Lewis Carroll first told the story of Alice's Adventures Underground to the Liddell sisters.
  • Day 4-7 year 1884: The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States in Paris.
  • Day 4-7 year 1895: Katharine Lee Bates published America the Beautiful.
  • Day 4-7 year 1939: Lou Gehrig, stricken with ALS, made his farewell at Yankee Stadium.
  • Day 4-7 year 1976: The United States celebrated its bicentennial.
  • Day 4-7 year 1997: The U.S. Pathfinder probe landed on Mars.
  • Day 4-7 year 2012: The European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, announced the discovery of a new particle with properties consistent with the Higgs boson.
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