Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Anatole Paul Broyard (July 16, 1920 – October 11, 1990) was an American writer, literary critic and editor born in New Orleans who wrote for The New York Times. In addition to his many reviews and columns, he published short stories, essays, and two books during his lifetime. His autobiographical works, Intoxicated by My Illness (1992) and Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir (1993), were published after his death. He had moved to Brooklyn, New York with his family as a youth.After his death, Broyard became the center of controversy when it was revealed that he had \"passed\" as white as an adult, when he wanted simply to be accepted as a writer. Some friends said they always knew he had black ancestry. A Louisiana Creole of mixed race, Broyard was criticized by some blacks for this, during a period of increased political activity by African Americans. Advocates of multiracial culture have cited Broyard as an example of someone insisting on an independent racial identity before it was widely popular in mainstream America."@en }
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- Anatole_Broyard abstract "Anatole Paul Broyard (July 16, 1920 – October 11, 1990) was an American writer, literary critic and editor born in New Orleans who wrote for The New York Times. In addition to his many reviews and columns, he published short stories, essays, and two books during his lifetime. His autobiographical works, Intoxicated by My Illness (1992) and Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir (1993), were published after his death. He had moved to Brooklyn, New York with his family as a youth.After his death, Broyard became the center of controversy when it was revealed that he had \"passed\" as white as an adult, when he wanted simply to be accepted as a writer. Some friends said they always knew he had black ancestry. A Louisiana Creole of mixed race, Broyard was criticized by some blacks for this, during a period of increased political activity by African Americans. Advocates of multiracial culture have cited Broyard as an example of someone insisting on an independent racial identity before it was widely popular in mainstream America.".