Alice Randall

Alice Randall

Alice Randall (born Detroit, Michigan) is an American author and songwriter. Randall grew up in Washington, D.C.. She attended Harvard University, where she earned an honors degree in English and American literature, before moving to Nashville in 1983 to become a country songwriter. [ [http://www.alicerandall.com/about.html Biography on Alice Randall Official Website] , accessed Feb. 9, 2007] She currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee and is married to attorney David Ewing.

Country music career

Randall is the first African American woman to write a number one country hit. [ [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/07/0253212 "An African American History Month Special: A Look at "The Wind Done Gone," a Parody of "Gone With the Wind" Told From a Slave's Perspective] , Democracy Now, February 21, 2002, accessed Feb. 9, 2007] Over 20 of her songs have been recorded, including several top ten and top forty records; her songs have been performed by Trisha Yearwood and Mark O'Connor.

Fiction

Randall is also a novelist, whose first novel "The Wind Done Gone" is a reinterpretation and parody of "Gone with the Wind." "The Wind Done Gone" is essentially the same story as "Gone with the Wind", only told from the viewpoint of Scarlett O'Hara's half-sister Cynara, a mulatto slave on Scarlett's plantation. The estate of Margaret Mitchell sued Randall and her publishing company, Houghton Mifflin, on the grounds that "The Wind Done Gone" was too similar to "Gone with the Wind", thus infringing its copyright. The lawsuit was eventually settled, allowing "The Wind Done Gone" to be published. The novel became a New York Times bestseller.

Randall's second novel, "Pushkin and the Queen of Spades", was named as one of "The Washington Post"'s "Best fiction of 2004."

Awards

Randall received the Free Spirit Award in 2001 and the Literature Award of Excellence from the Memphis Black Writers Conference in 2002. She was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award in 2002.

References

Novels

* "The Wind Done Gone" (2001)
* "Pushkin and the Queen of Spades"

External links

* [http://www.alicerandall.com Official site]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Randall (surname) — Randall is a surname.Origins* Randall or Randolph are both derived from the Germanic name, Randwulf, meaning alternately Shield and Wolf , Shield with a Wolf (as in a totemic symbol painted on a shield), Shielded by the Wolf or simply Wolf Shield …   Wikipedia

  • Alice Joyce — En 1926 Données clés Naissance 1er …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Sue Randall — Infobox actor bgcolour = silver name = Sue Randall imagesize = caption = birthname = Marion Burnside Randall birthdate = birth date|1935|10|8|mf=y location = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. deathdate = death date and age|1984|10|16|1935|10|8… …   Wikipedia

  • Paul Randall Harrington — For the singer and winner of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, see Paul Harrington (musician). Paul Randall Harrington Paul Randall Harrington Born 27 September 1911(1911 09 27) …   Wikipedia

  • Nicholas Randall — (born by 1519, died c.1562) was an English politician who sat in six parliaments in the reigns of Edward VI and Queen Mary between 1547 and 1559. Randall was a yeoman of Truro, Cornwall and in 1540 obtained a 21 year lease on the lands in Truro… …   Wikipedia

  • Paul Randall Harrington — (* 27. September 1911 in Kansas City; † 29. November 1980 in Houston/Texas) war ein amerikanischer Orthopäde. Bekannt wurde er als Entwickler des Harrington Stabes, des ersten Implantats zur Aufrichtu …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • The End of Alice — is a 1996 novel by A. M. Homes. It was published in the U.S. by Homes Scribner and in Britain by Anchor UK.The story is mostly narrated by a middle aged pedophile and child killer who is serving a life sentence. He receives correspondence from a… …   Wikipedia

  • Bob Randall — Bob Randall, is a member of the Stolen Generations and former Indigenous Person of the Year. He is credited with bringing to light the issue of forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families, in 1970. His song, My Brown Skin Baby They… …   Wikipedia

  • Teresa Stich-Randall — (* 24. Dezember 1927 in West Hartford (Connecticut); † 17. Juli 2007 in Wien) war eine US amerikanische Sopranistin. Schon mit 15 Jahren studierte sie an der Columbia School of Music. 1962 erhielt sie als erste Amerikanerin den Titel… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • The Wind Done Gone — Infobox Book | name = The Wind Done Gone iaage caption = author = Alice Randall country = United States language = English cover artist = series = genre = Parody novel publisher = Houghton Mifflin release date = 1 May 2001 media type = Print… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”