Zara Wright
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Zara Wright was an American
Black
author
based in Chicago
. Her only known published works are Black and White Tangled Threads and its sequel
Kenneth
, which were both published in 1920.
What information there is about her is found in the preface
of her first novel, Black and White Tangled Threads, which was dedicated to her husband, J. Edward Wright. He predeceased her and therefore the novel is dedicated to his memory.
Both novels concern the lives of two families and contain tales of love triangles and hidden racial identities. There are also messages of racial uplift but these are secondary to the melodrama to be found in both novels.
It is not known where she was born nor how and when she died.
United States
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Black
Black
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author
Author
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based in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. Her only known published works are Black and White Tangled Threads and its sequel
Sequel
A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
Kenneth
Kenneth
-Origin:It is an anglicized form of either the Pictish name Ciniod or the Goidelic name Cináed, often thought to mean "fire-head" or "born of fire" , but ultimately derives from a shared prototype with Kennedy; Cunedagius, originally Cornish --after which was carried north to Valentia and borne by...
, which were both published in 1920.
What information there is about her is found in the preface
Preface
A preface is an introduction to a book or other literary work written by the work's author. An introductory essay written by a different person is a foreword and precedes an author's preface...
of her first novel, Black and White Tangled Threads, which was dedicated to her husband, J. Edward Wright. He predeceased her and therefore the novel is dedicated to his memory.
Both novels concern the lives of two families and contain tales of love triangles and hidden racial identities. There are also messages of racial uplift but these are secondary to the melodrama to be found in both novels.
It is not known where she was born nor how and when she died.