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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Born: 1950-09-16
From: Keyser, West Virginia, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.4

Also Known As

Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. Skip GatesSkip Gates, Jr.Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr

Biography

Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. is an American historian, literary critic, filmmaker and public intellectual who currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.

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Awards & Nominations11 won · 4 nominated

🏆 Won

Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy

2021
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction

2014
🏆 Won

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction

2010
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction

2010
🏆 Won

honorary doctor of Caen University

2007
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction

2005
🏆 Won

Carl Sandburg Literary Award

2004
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

The Bondwoman's Narrative

2003
🏆 Won

Jefferson Lecture

2002
🏆 Won

National Humanities Medal

1998
🏆 Won

Lillian Smith Book Award

1994
🏆 Won

George Polk Award

1992
🏆 Won

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

1989
🏆 Won

American Book Awards

The Signifying Monkey

1989
🏆 Won

MacArthur Fellows Program

1981

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