Melvin Dixon

Melvin Dixon (1950-October 26, 1992) was an American Professor of Literature, and an author, poet and translator. He wrote about black gay men.^[1]

Biography

Born in Stamford, Connecticut, he earned a BA from Wesleyan University in 1971 and a PhD from Brown University in 1975.^[2]

In 1989, Trouble the Water won the Charles H. and N. Mildred Nilon Excellence in Minority Fiction Award.^[3]

He was a Professor of Literature at Queens College from 1980 until his death, at age 42. He died of AIDS in his hometown, one year after his partner Richard Horovitz did.^[4]

Bibliography

Collection of poems

• Change of Territory (1983)
• Love's Instruments (1995, posthumous)

Textbooks

• Ride Out the Wilderness: Geography and Identity in Afro-American Literature

Novels

• Trouble the Water (1989)
• Vanishing Rooms (1990)

References

1. ^ A Melvin Dixon Critical Reader, ed. Justin A. Joyce, Dwight A. McBride, University Press of Mississippi, 2006
2. ^ The New York Times: October 29, 1992 Obituaries
3. ^ University Presses/In Short; Fiction - New York Times
4. ^ Richard Horovitz, 44, Foundation Executive - New York Times

Persondata
Name	Dixon, Melvin
Alternative names
Short description	Poet, novelist, professor, translator
Date of birth	1950
Place of birth	Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Date of death	October 26, 1992
Place of death	Stamford, Connecticut, United States

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