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James Baldwin Aspects1.Brief Introduction2.Early Life3.Expatriation4.Literary career5.Literary careerSocial and political activism Born：August 2, 1924(1924-08-02) Harlem, New York, U.S. Died：December 1, 1987(1987-12-01) (aged 63)Saint-Paul de Vence, France Occupation： Writer, Novelist, Poet, Playwright, ActivistNationality： American Genres： Fiction, non-fiction James Arthur Baldwin Early lifeJames attend Jewish high schoolAt age 14, James joined the Pentecostal Church and became a Pentecostal preacher. He was spending much of his time in libraries and had found his passion for writing Life in Greenwich Village: a painter gave him the realization that a black person could be an artistWhile working odd jobs, he wrote short stories, essays, and book reviews ExpatriationDuring his teenage years in Harlem and Greenwich Village, James began to recognize his own homosexuality (gay).In 1948, disillusioned by American prejudice against blacks and homosexuals, Baldwin left the United States and departed to Paris, France. As an expatriate in France for most of his later life, he was regarded as an influential African American writer and an influential exile writer Although he spent a great deal of his life abroad, James Baldwin always remained a quintessentially American writer. Whether he was working in Paris or Istanbul, he never ceased to reflect on his experience as a black man in America. In numerous essays, novels, plays, and public speeches, the eloquent voice of James Baldwin spoke of the pain and struggle of black Americans and the saving power of brotherhood. Literary careerFirst novel: Go Tell it on the MountainFirst collection of essays: Notes of a Native Son (finest work) Second novel:Giovannis Room (raised controversy because of its homoerotic content) lengthy essay:Down at the Cross (talked about the uneasy relationship between Christianity and the burgeoning Black Muslim movement) Go Tell It on the Mountain It was published in 1953,and it was an