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Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite (June 27, 1912 – December 12, 2016), publishing as E. R. Braithwaite, was a Guyanese-born British-American novelist, writer, teacher and diplomat best known for his stories of social conditions and racial discrimination against black people.
Oyinkan Braithwaite (born 1988) is a Nigerian-British novelist and writer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was born in Lagos and spent her childhood in both Nigeria and the UK. Braithwaite is best known for her debut novel My Sister, the Serial Killer .
He wrote over 30 books, including many travel guides to New Zealand, and numerous radio plays. [2] In the 2001 New Year Honours, Brathwaite was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to literature. [5] Brathwaite died in Christchurch in 2005 [2] and was buried in Avonhead Cemetery. [6]
In a review of several of Braithwaite's books, F. M. Birbalsingh wrote: [6] Unfortunately, the narration of Mr. Braithwaite's problems in To Sir, With Love is greatly weakened by the rapid and simple solutions that he offers [...] As his frequent acceptance of glowing tribute from admiring colleagues suggests, what chiefly concerns Mr ...
William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite (December 6, 1878 – June 8, 1962) was an African-American writer, poet, literary critic, anthologist, and publisher in the United States. His work as a critic and anthologist was widely praised and important in the development of East Coast poetry styles in the early 20th century.
Braithwaite (also spelt Brathwaite and other variants) was the author of The History of the Revolution in the Empire of Morocco upon the Death of the late Emperor Muley Ishmael, published in 1729 and translated into Dutch in 1729, German in 1730, and French in 1731.
In 1994, Brathwaite was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature for his body of work, nominated by Ghanaian poet and author Kofi Awoonor, edging out other nominees including; Toni Morrison, Norman Mailer, and Chinua Achebe. [25] In 2002 the University of Sussex presented Kamau Brathwaite with an honorary doctorate. [26]
The novel's author, E.R. Braithwaite, loathed the film, particularly because of its omission of the novel's interracial relationship, although it provided Braithwaite with some financial security from royalties. [13] To Sir, with Love holds an 89% "Fresh" rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes based on 28 reviews. [14]