Baldwin, James 1924-1987
Overview
| Works: | 1,314 works in 5,140 publications in 17 languages and 175,415 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Novels Drama Criticism, interpretation, etc Essays History Psychological fiction Short stories Romance fiction Documentary films |
| Roles: | Author, Narrator, Performer, Bibliographic antecedent, Interviewee, osp, Contributor, Honoree, Speaker, Other, Dedicatee, Author of screenplay, Scenarist, Author of introduction |
| Classifications: | PS3552.A45, 813.54 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
James Baldwin
- Notes of a native son by James Baldwin( Book )
- No name in the street by James Baldwin( Book )
- James Baldwin : a biography by David Adams Leeming( Book )
- American oracle : the Civil War in the civil rights era by David W Blight( )
- Talking at the gates : a life of James Baldwin by James Campbell( Book )
- Nobody knows my name : more notes of a native son by James Baldwin( Book )
- James Baldwin by Louis H Pratt( Book )
- James Baldwin by Harold Bloom( Book )
- Images of the Negro in American literature by Seymour L Gross( Book )
- The shadow and the act : black intellectual practice, jazz improvisation, and philosophical pragmatism by Walton M Muyumba( )
- Native sons : a critical study of twentieth-century Negro American authors by Edward Margolies( Book )
- The Devil finds work : an essay by James Baldwin( Book )
- Modern Black novelists; a collection of critical essays by Michael G Cooke( Book )
- James Baldwin : a collection of critical essays by Keneth Kinnamon( Book )
- Desperate faith : a study of Bellow, Salinger, Mailer, Baldwin, and Updike by Howard M Harper( Book )
- Psychology comes to Harlem : rethinking the race question in twentieth-century America by Jay Garcia( )
- Five Black writers : essays on Wright, Ellison, Baldwin, Hughes, and Le Roi Jones by Donald B Gibson( Book )
- James Baldwin, a critical evaluation by Therman B O'Daniel( Book )
- James Baldwin : artist on fire : a portrait by William J Weatherby( Book )
- James Baldwin now( )
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Most widely held works by
James Baldwin
Go tell it on the mountain by
James Baldwin(
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389 editions published between 1953 and 2018 in 9 languages and held by 8,203 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of John Grimes, a young man living in Harlem in the 1930's. His relationship with his strict preacher-father, Gabriel, who moved from the South to escape his past, is the central focus of this compelling drama
389 editions published between 1953 and 2018 in 9 languages and held by 8,203 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of John Grimes, a young man living in Harlem in the 1930's. His relationship with his strict preacher-father, Gabriel, who moved from the South to escape his past, is the central focus of this compelling drama
The fire next time by
James Baldwin(
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157 editions published between 1962 and 2018 in 6 languages and held by 5,555 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two letters, written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism
157 editions published between 1962 and 2018 in 6 languages and held by 5,555 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two letters, written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism
Giovanni's room : a novel by
James Baldwin(
Book
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284 editions published between 1940 and 2016 in 10 languages and held by 4,588 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"David, a young American expatriate in the south of France, becomes romantically involved ..."
284 editions published between 1940 and 2016 in 10 languages and held by 4,588 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"David, a young American expatriate in the south of France, becomes romantically involved ..."
Another country by
James Baldwin(
Book
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260 editions published between 1960 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 4,556 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"First there is a battlefield, a pressure-cooker, a time-bomb: the destructive potential that exists in racial bigotry, in color prejudice and in the tensions and sensitivities which such attitudes encourage. Woven into this pattern of violence, there is a theme that is gentle, wistful and poetic: this is Baldwin's apologia for homosexual love."
260 editions published between 1960 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 4,556 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"First there is a battlefield, a pressure-cooker, a time-bomb: the destructive potential that exists in racial bigotry, in color prejudice and in the tensions and sensitivities which such attitudes encourage. Woven into this pattern of violence, there is a theme that is gentle, wistful and poetic: this is Baldwin's apologia for homosexual love."
If Beale Street could talk by
James Baldwin(
Book
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111 editions published between 1974 and 2018 in 6 languages and held by 4,174 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Like the blues--sweet, sad, and full of truth--this masterful work of fiction rocks us with powerful emotions. In it are anger and pain, but above all, love--the affirmative love of a woman for her man, the sustaining love of the black family. Fonny, a talented young artist, finds himself unjustly arrested and locked in New York's infamous Tombs. But his girlfriend, Tish, is determined to free him, and to have his baby, in this starkly realistic tale ... a powerful indictment of American concepts of justice and punishment in our time
111 editions published between 1974 and 2018 in 6 languages and held by 4,174 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Like the blues--sweet, sad, and full of truth--this masterful work of fiction rocks us with powerful emotions. In it are anger and pain, but above all, love--the affirmative love of a woman for her man, the sustaining love of the black family. Fonny, a talented young artist, finds himself unjustly arrested and locked in New York's infamous Tombs. But his girlfriend, Tish, is determined to free him, and to have his baby, in this starkly realistic tale ... a powerful indictment of American concepts of justice and punishment in our time
Going to meet the man by
James Baldwin(
Book
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120 editions published between 1948 and 1995 in English and Romanian and held by 3,086 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Baldwin's first published collection of short stories, written between 1948 and 1965, a young girl attempts to accept the impending departure of her lover; an African American entertainer who has made his name in Europe faces the prospect of returning to the United States; a young man who has achieved middle-class status has to accommodate his brother's life of jazz, dope addiction, and prison; a white policeman in a Southern town recalls the mutilation and lynching of a black man. Baldwin's situations are always ruthlessly spare. Every situation is firmly rooted in the world as he knew it, and the characters are so accurately perceived and truthfully rendered that the overall effect is almost musical--in that we may still hear music long after it is played. Here is an author who writes about what matters.--Adapted from jacket
120 editions published between 1948 and 1995 in English and Romanian and held by 3,086 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Baldwin's first published collection of short stories, written between 1948 and 1965, a young girl attempts to accept the impending departure of her lover; an African American entertainer who has made his name in Europe faces the prospect of returning to the United States; a young man who has achieved middle-class status has to accommodate his brother's life of jazz, dope addiction, and prison; a white policeman in a Southern town recalls the mutilation and lynching of a black man. Baldwin's situations are always ruthlessly spare. Every situation is firmly rooted in the world as he knew it, and the characters are so accurately perceived and truthfully rendered that the overall effect is almost musical--in that we may still hear music long after it is played. Here is an author who writes about what matters.--Adapted from jacket
Tell me how long the train's been gone : a novel by
James Baldwin(
Book
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132 editions published between 1961 and 2018 in 8 languages and held by 3,055 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack. As he hovers between life and death, Baldwin shows the choices that have made him enviably famous and terrifyingly vulnerable.???? For between Leo's childhood on the streets of Harlem and his arrival into the intoxicating world of the theater lies a wilderness of desire and loss, shame and rage. An adored older brother vanishes into prison. There are love affairs with a white woman and a younger black man, each of whom will make irresistible claims on Leo's loyalty. And everywhere there is the anguish of being black in a society that at times seems poised on the brink of total racial war. Overpowering in its vitality, extravagant in the intensity of its feeling, Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone is a major work of American literature
132 editions published between 1961 and 2018 in 8 languages and held by 3,055 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack. As he hovers between life and death, Baldwin shows the choices that have made him enviably famous and terrifyingly vulnerable.???? For between Leo's childhood on the streets of Harlem and his arrival into the intoxicating world of the theater lies a wilderness of desire and loss, shame and rage. An adored older brother vanishes into prison. There are love affairs with a white woman and a younger black man, each of whom will make irresistible claims on Leo's loyalty. And everywhere there is the anguish of being black in a society that at times seems poised on the brink of total racial war. Overpowering in its vitality, extravagant in the intensity of its feeling, Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone is a major work of American literature
Just above my head by
James Baldwin(
Book
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85 editions published between 1978 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 2,887 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This sprawling drama traces the passage of three individuals through the events of the nineteen-fifties, sixties, and seventies from the Apollo in Harlem to the Olympia in Paris. Love and courage bind a former child evangelist, a famous gospel singer, and the latter's manager-brother
85 editions published between 1978 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 2,887 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This sprawling drama traces the passage of three individuals through the events of the nineteen-fifties, sixties, and seventies from the Apollo in Harlem to the Olympia in Paris. Love and courage bind a former child evangelist, a famous gospel singer, and the latter's manager-brother
Collected essays by
James Baldwin(
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26 editions published between 1963 and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,563 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual, James Baldwin was one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the postwar era, and one of the greatest African-American writers of this century. A self-described "transatlantic commuter" who spent much of his life in France, Baldwin joined a cosmopolitan sophistication to a fierce engagement with social issues. Here are the complete texts of his early landmark collections, Notes of a Native Son (1955) and Nobody Knows My Name (1961), which established him as an essential intellectual voice of his time, fusing in unique fashion the personal, the literary, and the political. The classic The Fire Next Time (1963), perhaps the most influential of his writings, is his most penetrating analysis of America's racial divide, and an impassioned call to "end the racial nightmare ... and change the history of the world." The later volumes No Name in the Street (1972) and The Devil Finds Work (1976) chart his continuing response to the social and political turbulence of his era. A further thirty-six essays - nine of them previously uncollected - include some of Baldwin's earliest published writings, as well as revealing later insights into the language of Shakespeare, the poetry of Langston Hughes, and the music of Earl Hines
26 editions published between 1963 and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,563 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual, James Baldwin was one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the postwar era, and one of the greatest African-American writers of this century. A self-described "transatlantic commuter" who spent much of his life in France, Baldwin joined a cosmopolitan sophistication to a fierce engagement with social issues. Here are the complete texts of his early landmark collections, Notes of a Native Son (1955) and Nobody Knows My Name (1961), which established him as an essential intellectual voice of his time, fusing in unique fashion the personal, the literary, and the political. The classic The Fire Next Time (1963), perhaps the most influential of his writings, is his most penetrating analysis of America's racial divide, and an impassioned call to "end the racial nightmare ... and change the history of the world." The later volumes No Name in the Street (1972) and The Devil Finds Work (1976) chart his continuing response to the social and political turbulence of his era. A further thirty-six essays - nine of them previously uncollected - include some of Baldwin's earliest published writings, as well as revealing later insights into the language of Shakespeare, the poetry of Langston Hughes, and the music of Earl Hines
Blues for Mister Charlie : a play by
James Baldwin(
Book
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38 editions published between 1964 and 1995 in English and held by 2,385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Three act drama on an interracial theme
38 editions published between 1964 and 1995 in English and held by 2,385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Three act drama on an interracial theme
Early novels and stories : Go tell it on the mountain ; Giovanni's room ; Another country ; Going to meet the man by
James Baldwin(
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30 editions published between 1998 and 2010 in English and held by 2,346 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual, James Baldwin was one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the postwar era, and one of the greatest African-American writers of this century. A self-described "transatlantic commuter" who spent much of his life in France, Baldwin joined a cosmopolitan sophistication to a fierce engagement with social issues. Early Novels and Stories presents the novels and short stories that established Baldwin's reputation as a writer who fused unblinking realism and rare verbal eloquence. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), tells the story, rooted in Baldwin's own experience, of a preacher's son coming of age in 1930's Harlem. Giovanni's Room (1956) is a searching, and in its day controversial, treatment of the tragic self-delusions of a young American expatriate at war with his own homosexuality. Another Country (1962), a wide-ranging exploration of America's racial and sexual boundaries, depicts the suicide of a gifted jazz musician and its ripple effect on those who knew him. Going To Meet the Man (1965) collects Baldwin's short fiction, including the masterful "Sonny's Blues," the unforgettable portrait of a jazz musician struggling with drug addiction in which Baldwin came closest to defining his goal as a writer
30 editions published between 1998 and 2010 in English and held by 2,346 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual, James Baldwin was one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the postwar era, and one of the greatest African-American writers of this century. A self-described "transatlantic commuter" who spent much of his life in France, Baldwin joined a cosmopolitan sophistication to a fierce engagement with social issues. Early Novels and Stories presents the novels and short stories that established Baldwin's reputation as a writer who fused unblinking realism and rare verbal eloquence. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), tells the story, rooted in Baldwin's own experience, of a preacher's son coming of age in 1930's Harlem. Giovanni's Room (1956) is a searching, and in its day controversial, treatment of the tragic self-delusions of a young American expatriate at war with his own homosexuality. Another Country (1962), a wide-ranging exploration of America's racial and sexual boundaries, depicts the suicide of a gifted jazz musician and its ripple effect on those who knew him. Going To Meet the Man (1965) collects Baldwin's short fiction, including the masterful "Sonny's Blues," the unforgettable portrait of a jazz musician struggling with drug addiction in which Baldwin came closest to defining his goal as a writer
The amen corner; a play by
James Baldwin(
Book
)
70 editions published between 1954 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First published in 1954, this three-act-play by James Baldwin looks at the role of a church in an African-American family and the effect of a poverty born of racial prejudice on an African-American community. Margaret Alexander, the pastor of a "corner church" in Harlem, begins to lose everything once her long-estranged (and now ailing) husband, Luke, returns for a visit. He reveals a truth that causes Margaret to lose not only her church, but also her son, David
70 editions published between 1954 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First published in 1954, this three-act-play by James Baldwin looks at the role of a church in an African-American family and the effect of a poverty born of racial prejudice on an African-American community. Margaret Alexander, the pastor of a "corner church" in Harlem, begins to lose everything once her long-estranged (and now ailing) husband, Luke, returns for a visit. He reveals a truth that causes Margaret to lose not only her church, but also her son, David
I am not your Negro by
Raoul Peck(
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42 editions published between 2016 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 2,125 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Using James Baldwin's unfinished final manuscript, Remember This House, this documentary follows the lives and successive assassinations of three of the author's friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., delving into the legacy of these iconic figures and narrating historic events using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. An up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, this film is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter
42 editions published between 2016 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 2,125 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Using James Baldwin's unfinished final manuscript, Remember This House, this documentary follows the lives and successive assassinations of three of the author's friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., delving into the legacy of these iconic figures and narrating historic events using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. An up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, this film is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter
Nobody knows my name : more notes of a native son by
James Baldwin(
Book
)
142 editions published between 1901 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,030 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Essays discuss race relations, segregation, the role of the writer in society, and the work of Andre Gide, Richard Wright, and Norman Mailer
142 editions published between 1901 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,030 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Essays discuss race relations, segregation, the role of the writer in society, and the work of Andre Gide, Richard Wright, and Norman Mailer
A rap on race by
Margaret Mead(
Book
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40 editions published between 1971 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,979 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In 1970 James Baldwin and Margaret Mead met of an extraordinary seven-and-a-half hour discussion about race and society. Mead brought her knowledge of racism as practiced in remote societies around the world. Baldwin brought his personal experience with the legacy of black American history. They talked with candor, passion, rage, and brilliance, and their discussion became this unique volume."
40 editions published between 1971 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,979 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In 1970 James Baldwin and Margaret Mead met of an extraordinary seven-and-a-half hour discussion about race and society. Mead brought her knowledge of racism as practiced in remote societies around the world. Baldwin brought his personal experience with the legacy of black American history. They talked with candor, passion, rage, and brilliance, and their discussion became this unique volume."
The evidence of things not seen by
James Baldwin(
Book
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28 editions published between 1985 and 1995 in English and French and held by 1,933 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Focusing on the murders of Afro-American children in Atlanta in 1979 and 1980, Baldwin examines race relations in America and the inequities of the criminal justice system
28 editions published between 1985 and 1995 in English and French and held by 1,933 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Focusing on the murders of Afro-American children in Atlanta in 1979 and 1980, Baldwin examines race relations in America and the inequities of the criminal justice system
A tribute to James Baldwin : Black writers redefine the struggle : proceedings of a conference at the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst, April 22-23, 1988 featuring Chinua Achebe, Irma McClaurin-Allen, Andrew Salkey, Michael Thelwell, John Edgar Widerman by
Chinua Achebe(
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8 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 1,879 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 1,879 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Price of the Ticket : Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985 by
James Baldwin(
Book
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21 editions published in 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,767 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Complete collection of major nonfiction writings by author James Baldwin, composed between 1948 and 1985, providing his perceptions of the twentieth century black American experience
21 editions published in 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,767 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Complete collection of major nonfiction writings by author James Baldwin, composed between 1948 and 1985, providing his perceptions of the twentieth century black American experience
Black theater, U.S.A.; forty-five plays by Black Americans, 1847-1974 by
James V Hatch(
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2 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 1,540 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Various themes and styles are represented in this anthology of comic and tragic works by Black American playwrights
2 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 1,540 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Various themes and styles are represented in this anthology of comic and tragic works by Black American playwrights
One day, when I was lost : a scenario based on Alex Haley's "The autobiography of Malcolm X" by
James Baldwin(
Book
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53 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,428 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The dramatic, tragic story of Malcolm X in a rare screenplay by one of America's most celebrated authors
53 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,428 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The dramatic, tragic story of Malcolm X in a rare screenplay by one of America's most celebrated authors
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Related Identities
- Wright, Richard 1908-1960
- Ellison, Ralph
- Morrison, Toni Editor
- Baraka, Amiri 1934-2014 Interviewee Author
- Hughes, Langston 1902-1967
- X, Malcolm 1925-1965 Author
- Himes, Chester B. 1909-1984 Honoree
- Toomer, Jean 1894-1967
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) 1868-1963 Author
- Mailer, Norman Author
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Alternative Names
Balduön, Dzheims.
Baldwin J.
Baldwin J. 1924-1987
Baldwin J. A.
Baldwin J. A. 1924-1987
Baldwin James
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Baldwin, James Arthur.
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Baldwin James Arthur 1924-1987
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Baldwin, James B. 1924-1987
Baldwin, Jimmy, 1924-1987
Bolduin, Džejms 1924-1987
Bolduïn, Dz︠h︡eĭms 1924-1987
Boldvin, Džejms
Boldvins, Džeimss 1924-1987
Bōrudouin, J., 1924-1987
Bōrudouin, Jēmuzu, 1924-1987
James Arthur Baldwin
James Baldwin afroamerykański powieściopisarz i eseista
James Baldwin Amerikaans schrijver
James Baldwin amerikanischer Schriftsteller
James Baldwin amerikansk poet och författare
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James Baldwin écrivain américain
James Baldwin Escritor y activista por los derechos civiles de las personas afroamericanas
James Baldwin scrittore statunitense
Jones, James Arthur 1924-1987
Τζέιμς Μπόλντουιν
Болдуин Д
Болдуин Д. 1924-1987
Болдуин Д.А
Болдуин Д.А. 1924-1987
Болдуин, Джеймс, 1924-1987
Джеймс Болдуин американский романист, публицист, драматург, активный борец за права человека
Джеймс Болдуїн
Џејмс Болдвин
בולדוין, ג'ימס, 1924-1987
בולדוין, ג'מס 1924-1987
ג'יימס בולדווין
جيمس بالدوين
جيمس بالدوين، 1924-1987
جیمز بالدوین نویسنده و شاعر آمریکایی
ਜੇਮਜ ਬਾਲਡਵਿਨ
ჯეიმზ ბოლდუინი
볼드윈, 제임스 1924-1987
제임스 볼드윈
ジェイムズ・ボールドウィン
ボールドウィン, J.
ボールドウィン, J., 1924-1987
ボールドウィン・ジェイムズ
ボールドウィン, ジェームズ
ボールドウィン, ジェームズ, 1924-1987
詹姆斯·鲍德温
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