Morris, Willie

Morris, Willie
▪ 2000

      American writer and editor (b. Nov. 29, 1934, Jackson, Miss.—d. Aug. 2, 1999, Jackson), drew on his experiences growing up in Yazoo City, Miss., to create novels that explored the warring emotions of Southerners who lived in a region haunted by an era of racial segregation and yet were gripped by a loyalty to the South and a longing for the area when they were away. After his father sent him to the University of Texas, Austin, Morris found expression as editor of the student newspaper; after a few years of fraternity escapades, he became immersed in books and went on to become a Rhodes Scholar. He returned to Texas and then moved to California and finally New York, where he joined (1963) Harper's Magazine as an associate editor. Four years later he became the magazine's youngest editor in chief (at age 33) and was responsible for commissioning such talent as David Halberstam, Larry King, William Styron, and Norman Mailer. Soon after his promotion, Morris published his critically acclaimed autobiography, North Toward Home(1967). A disagreement with management resulted in his resignation in 1971, and Morris resided for a time in Bridgehampton, N.Y., before returning home in 1980 as writer in residence at the University of Mississippi, Oxford. Other well-received works include Terrains of the Heart and Other Essays on Home (1981), The Courting of Marcus Dupree (1983), and The Ghosts of Medgar Evers (1998). In 1996 Morris was the recipient of the Richard Wright Medal for Literary Excellence.

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