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William L. Andrews
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1946
William Leake Andrews is an American Professor Emeritus of English at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a scholar of early African-American literature. With books such as To Tell a Free Story: The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography, 1760–1865 (1986), Andrews helped establish the academic study of African-American literature in the late twentieth century. In 2017, Andrews received the Jay B. Hubbell Medal for Lifetime Achievement in American Literature from the Modern Language Association.
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About William L. Andrews
Birth
1946
First book
1986
Years writing
40
William Leake Andrews is an American Professor Emeritus of English at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a scholar of early African-American literature. With books such as To Tell a Free Story: The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography, 1760–1865 (1986), Andrews helped establish the academic study of African-American literature in the late twentieth century. In 2017, Andrews received the Jay B. Hubbell Medal for Lifetime Achievement in American Literature from the Modern Language Association.
William L. Andrews is a prominent American anglicist born in 1946.
His academic work focuses deeply on the history and literature of African Americans.
He is the author of a prolific body of work comprising 38 publications on biography and American culture.
His book To tell a free story is a fundamental reference for understanding the first century of African American autobiography.
As a university professor, he has dedicated his career to rescuing and analyzing the voices of classic African American authors.
