Ernest J. Gaines

Ernest J. Gaines

Ernest J. Gaines was born on January 15th, 1933. Ernest passed away November 5th, 2019 at 86 years old. Ernest J. Gaines was born in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, USA. Gaines attended San Francisco State College where he received a B.A.

Ernest J. Gaines is probably best known for his Standalone Novels. There are currently 8 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1964 with the novel Catherine Carmier. The most recently released novel was The Tragedy of Brady Sims which was released in 2017.

Ernest J. Gaines also wrote the Collections series which has 2 books including Bloodline and Mozart and Leadbelly.

Gaines was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.

Gaines was an English and creative writing professor at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He was a writer-in-residence at the university for many years. He was also a writer-in-residence at Denison University, Stanford University, and at Whittier College.

In 1993, Ernest J. Gaines received the MacArthur Fellowship for his fiction that depicted personal relationships influenced by social pressures in the South prior to civil rights, illustrating the subtle effects of racism.

Ernest J. Gaines: Awards & Accolades

Gaines' book, The Tragedy of Brady Sims was nominated for the Hammett Prize, Best Crime Novel, in 2017.

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