North Carolina literature


The literature of North Carolina, USA, includes fiction, poetry, and varieties of nonfiction. Representative authors include playwright Paul Green, short-story writer O. Henry, and novelist Thomas Wolfe.

History

A printing press began operating in New Bern, at the time North Carolina's capital, in 1749.
"The first book published by a black in the South was The Hope of Liberty, which contained poems decrying the slaves' condition, by George Moses Horton of North Carolina." Harriet Jacobs "details events of slave life in Edenton" in her 1861 autobiographical Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

Organizations

The North Carolina Literary and Historical Association began in 1900 in Raleigh, and the North Carolina Poetry Society in 1932 in Charlotte. The North Carolina Writers' Network formed in 1985, and the Winston-Salem Writers group in 2005.

North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame

The "North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame" resides in the James Boyd House in the town of Southern Pines. Inductees:

Awards and events

In 1948 Arthur Talmage Abernethy became the first North Carolina Poet Laureate.