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James Baldwin, was born as James Arthur Baldwin on August 2nd 1924 in New York, New York, and died on December 1st 1987 in Saint-Paul, France. Baldwin was an American novelist, essayist, and playwright who's works were mostly based on the subject of race in America. He was in important figure on the subject of race and racism in the United States and Europe. Baldwin is mainly known for his works: Notes of a Native Son (1955), Nobody Knows My Name (1961), and The Fire Next Time (1963).