Arnold Rampersad (2003)

Arnold Rampersad is celebrated most for his important two-volume biography, The Life of Langston Hughes (1986, 1988). Rampersad does not call himself a biographer, though it definitely takes the curiosity and diligence of one to do the research for many of his projects. The author said he sees himself “as a literary historian, someone concerned with the combination of history and literature.” Two of his other famous works are The Art and Imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois (1976) and the more recently published Jackie Robinson: A Biography.