Marshall, Paule (redirected from Paule Burke)

Marshall, Paule

 orig. Paule Burke

(born April 9, 1929, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.) U.S. writer. She was born to Barbadian parents and attended Brooklyn College. Her autobiographical first novel, Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959), was acclaimed for its acute rendition of dialogue. Her short story “Reena” (1962) was one of the first pieces of fiction to feature a college-educated, politically active black woman as its protagonist. Her most eloquent statement of her belief in black Americans' need to rediscover their African heritage is the novel Praisesong for the Widow (1983). The Fisher King (2000) is a story of love and family conflict.

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Marshall, Paule (b. Burke) (1929–  ) writer; born in New York City. She studied at Brooklyn College (B.A. 1953), and Hunter College (1955). She worked as a librarian and as a staff writer for Our World magazine (1953–56). Based in New York City, she became a free-lance writer in 1956. She also taught at Yale (1970), and lectured on Black literature at many institutions. She is known for her stories and novels that celebrate the lives of African-Americans and individuals living in the West Indies and Barbados, as in Praisesong for the Widow (1983).