Paule Marshall

Paule Marshall was an American writer, best known for her 1959 debut novel Brown Girl, Brownstones. In 1992, at the age of 63, Marshall was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship grant.

9 April 1929

Born on the same birth date (9 April 1929): Fred Hollows • Sharan Rani Backliwal

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