Naylor, Gloria

Naylor, Gloria

▪ American author
born Jan. 25, 1950, New York, N.Y., U.S.

      African-American novelist, known for her strong depictions of black women.

      Naylor read English at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1981) and African-American studies at Yale University (M.A., 1983). Her first novel, The Women of Brewster Place (1982), won her instant recognition for its powerful dramatization of the struggles of seven women living in a blighted urban neighbourhood. Using interconnecting stories to portray each woman's life, Naylor skillfully explored the diversity of black female experience. The 1989 television dramatization of the novel starred Oprah Winfrey (Winfrey, Oprah), Robin Givens, and Cicely Tyson (Tyson, Cicely).

      Linden Hills (1985), borrowing its structure and theme from Dante's Inferno, deals with the destructive materialism of upwardly mobile suburban blacks. Mama Day (1988) blends stories from William Shakespeare's The Tempest with black folklore, and Bailey's Cafe (1992) centres on a mythic Brooklyn diner that offers an oasis for the suffering.

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