William Demby Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 10 pages of information about the life of William Demby.

William Demby Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 10 pages of information about the life of William Demby.
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Dictionary of Literary Biography on William Demby

William Demby has enjoyed a distinctive literary career marked by substantial critical acclaim but a modest readership. His work does not fit tidily into a niche reserved for black writers; indeed, his writings reflect not only some aspects of black life but focus seriously upon the human conditions all people experience: Demby's literary lens focuses upon the myriad elements that illuminate character and situation in a world where moral choices create drama.

William Demby was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to William Demby and Gertrude Hendricks Demby. His youth was spent in Clarksburg, West Virginia--a coal-mining region that served as the setting for his first book, Beetlecreek. Demby had five sisters and a brother. His father worked in the natural gas branch of Standard Oil Company in West Virginia.

Demby attended West Virginia State College, where he studied in a writing class offered by Margaret Walker. His schooling was...

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