His most recent books are John Henry, And All Our Wounds Forgiven, a novel about the civil rights movement, and Othello, a novel based on the Shakespeare play. He has given lectures and papers at more than 100 colleges and universities. Lester's biography has appeared in Who's Who In America since 1970. In 1986 the Council for Advancement and Support of Education selected him as the Massachusetts State Professor of the Year.
He has been awarded all four of the university's most prestigious faculty awards: The Distinguished Teacher's Award the Faculty Fellowship Award for Distinguished Research and Scholarship Distinguished Faculty Lecturer and recipient of the Chancellor's Medal, the University's highest honor. He also serves as lay religious leader of Beth El Synagogue in St.
Lester joined the faculty of the University of Massachusetts/Amherst in 1971 where he is presently a full professor in the Judaic and Near Eastern Studies Department, and adjunct professor in the English and History departments. A veteran of the Civil Rights Movement, his photographs of that movement are included in an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution and are part of the permanent photographic collection at Howard University.Īfter teaching at the New School for Social Research for two years, Mr.
He has recorded two albums of original songs, hosted and produced a radio show on WBAI-FM in New York City for eight years, and hosted a live television show on WNET in New York for two years. He has published more than one hundred essays and reviews in such publications The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Op-Ed Page, The Boston Globe, The Village Voice, The New Republic, Katallagete, Moment, Forward, and Dissent. His books have been translated into eight languages. Among the awards these books have received are the Newbery Honor Medal, American Library Association Notable Book, National Jewish Book Award Finalist, The New York Times Outstanding Book, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Caldecott Honor Book, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and a National Book Award Finalist. Since 1968 he has published 25 books of fiction, nonfiction, children's books, and poetry. Born in 1939, Julius Lester spent his youth in the Midwest and the South and received a B.A.
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