Joyce Carol Oates (1938- ) is an American author who taught English at the
University of Detroit and the University of Windsor, Ontario and has been affiliated with
Princeton University since 1978. Oates writes about contemporary American life, which...
August Wilson, an American playwright and poet, was born in Pittsburgh on
April 27, 1945. His experiences growing up in a poor black community in Pittsburgh gained him
valuable insight into the plight of blacks in American society, which he has draw...
Carlos Fuentes (1928- ), a Mexican writer and editor, is also an
accomplished diplomat, having served as head of the department of cultural relations in Mexicos
ministry of foreign affairs (1950-1959) and as the Mexican ambassador to France (1975-1...