GRAHAM, LORENZ |
| Source (some data) |
| | LORENZ GRAHAM | NULL |
| Name and vital stats |
| | GRAHAM, LORENZ BELL [1902- ] (writer) | NULL |
| Education |
| | University of California at Los Angeles; Virginia Union University | NULL |
| Influences |
| | experience of segregation; discrimination & violence | NULL |
| | Living in Africa; travelling widely | NULL |
| Member |
| | P.E.N. International (past president Los Angeles Center) | NULL |
| | Southern California Writers Guild | NULL |
| Print Media (non-comics) |
| | Designer: Instructional materials: 1958+ Short stories for school texts | > 58 59 60 61 |
| | Writer: Novels: 1946 How God Fix Jonah [trilogy about a black family in America] | > 46 |
| | Writer: Novels: 1947 Tales of Momolu | > 47 |
| Performing Arts |
| | Speaking engagements: universities, writers' groups, even world leaders | NULL |
| Other career notes |
| | Assistant: to W.E.B. DuBois, who wrote the forward to his 1st book | NULL |
| | Teacher: At 22, spent 4 years as a missionary teacher, Monrovia College, Liberia | NULL |
| | Teacher: Literature & creative writing | NULL |
| Honors |
| | Association for the Study of Negro Life, History citation 1959 | > 59 |
| | Child Study Association of America 1958 | > 58 |
| | Honorary Dr. of Humane Letters, Virginia University 1983 | > 83 |
| | Los Angeles City Council citation 1966 | > 66 |
| | Southern Calif. Council on Literature for Children, Young People award | NULL |
| | Thomas Alva Edison Citation Charles W. Follet Award 1956/58 | > 56 58 |
| | Vassie D. Wright Award Book World, First Prize 1967/69 | > 67 69 |
| Promotional comics |
| | A ROAD DOWN THE SEA~ (wr/) 1971 religious comic | > 71 |
| | DAVID HE NO FEAR~ (wr/) 1971 religious comic | > 71 |
| | EVERY MAN HEART LAY DOWN~ (wr/) 1970 religious comic | > 70 |
| | GOD WASH THE WORLD AND START AGAIN~ (wr/) 1971 religious comic | > 71 |
| | HONGRY CATCH THE FOOLISH BOY~ (wr/) religious comic | NULL |
| | JOHN BROWN'S RAID~ (wr/) 1972 religious comic | > 72 |
| GILBERTON |
| | BIOGRAPHY (wr/) 1955 | > 55 |
| | MACBETH (adapt/) 1955 | > 55 |
| | OX-BOW INCIDENT (adapt/) 1955 | > 55 |
| | STORY OF JESUS, THE (adapt/) 1955 | > 55 |
| | TEN COMMANDMENTS (adapt/) 1956 | > 56 |
| | TIME MACHINE, THE (adapt/) 1956 | > 56 |