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Kristin Elaine Hunter (September 12, 1931 – November 14, 2008) was an African-American writer from Pennsylvania. She sometimes wrote under the name Kristin Hunter Lattany. She is best known for her first novel, God Bless the Child, published in 1964.
Kristin Hunter Lattany (born September 12, 1931, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died November 14, 2008, Magnolia, New Jersey) was an American novelist who examined black life and race relations in the United States in both children’s stories and works for adults.
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Kristin Hunter Lattany is the author of Kinfolks, Guests in the Promised Land, which was nominated for a National Book Award, The Landlord, which became a motion picture, and a bestselling young adult novel, The Soul Brothers & Sister Lou.
Kristin Hunter was thirty-five when Scribner released The Landlord, which would become arguably both her most celebrated and most infamous book. Unlike most Black writers of that period, Hunter wrote the book from the first-person point of view of the lead white man Elgar Enders, a rich man-child.
Nov 14, 2008 · Kristin Elaine Hunter (September 12, 1931 - November 14, 2008) was an African American writer from Pennsylvania. She sometimes wrote under the name Kristin Hunter Lattany. Hunter was born Kristin Eggleston in Philadelphia, attended the University of Pennsylvania and wrote for the Pittsburgh Courier, a black newspaper, until 1952.
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HUNTER, Kristin (Elaine) Nationality: American. Born: Kristin Elaine Eggleston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 12 September 1931. Education: Charles Sumner School and Magnolia Public School, both Philadelphia; Haddon Heights High School, New Jersey, graduated 1947; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1947-51, B.S. in education 1951.
Kristin Hunter-Lattany is a prominent African American writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. She is known for her realistic and optimistic portrayals of inner city black life, especially in The Landlord, Soul Brothers, and Kin-folks.
