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Ernest J. Gaines, author portrait
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Ernest J. Gaines

Ernest Gaines was born on a plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish near New Roads, Louisiana, which is the Bayonne of all his fictional works. He is a writer-in-residence emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Gaines received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1993 for his lifetime achievements; was named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, one of France’s highest decorations, in 1996; and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004. He and his wife, Dianne, live in Oscar, Louisiana.
The Tragedy of Brady Sims
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
A Lesson Before Dying
In My Father's House
A Gathering of Old Men

Books

The Tragedy of Brady Sims
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
A Lesson Before Dying
In My Father's House
A Gathering of Old Men