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The literature of North Carolina, USA, includes fiction, poetry, and varieties of nonfiction. Representative authors include playwright Paul Green, short-story writer O. Henry, and novelist Thomas Wolfe.[1]

History

A printing press began operating in New Bern, at the time North Carolina's capital, in 1749.[2]

"The first book published by a black in the South was The Hope of Liberty (1829), which contained poems decrying the slaves' condition, by George Moses Horton of North Carolina."[3] Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897) "details events of slave life in Edenton" in her 1861 autobiographical Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.[4]

Organizations

The North Carolina Literary and Historical Association began in 1900 in Raleigh,[5] and the North Carolina Poetry Society in 1932 in Charlotte.[6] The North Carolina Writers' Network formed in 1985,[7] and the Winston-Salem Writers group in 2005.[8]

North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame

The "North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame" (est.1996) resides in the James Boyd House in the town of Southern Pines. Inductees:[9][10]

Awards and events

In 1948 Arthur Talmage Abernethy became the first North Carolina Poet Laureate.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sally Buckner (Fall 2009), "North Carolina Literature", Tar Heel Junior Historian, Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, North Carolina Museum of History – via NCpedia
  2. ^ Lawrence C. Wroth (1938), "Diffusion of Printing", The Colonial Printer, Portland, Maine: Southworth-Anthoensen Press – via Internet Archive (Fulltext)
  3. ^ Charles Reagan Wilson; William Ferris, eds. (1989). "Antebellum Era". Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807818232 – via Documenting the American South.
  4. ^ Emory Elliott, ed. (1991). Columbia History of the American Novel. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-07360-8.
  5. ^ "History and Mission". North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  6. ^ "History". North Carolina Poetry Society. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "About Us: History". North Carolina Writers' Network. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  8. ^ "Who We Are". Winston-Salem Writers. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  9. ^ "About the NCLHOF". North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  10. ^ "Inductees". Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Past Poet Laureates". North Carolina Poet Laureate. Raleigh: North Carolina Arts Council. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

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