Willard Motley
Frances Willard Motley (* July 14, 1909 or 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, † March 4, 1965 in Mexico City) was an African- American writer.
Life
After releasing his first successful novel and filmed Knock on Any Door Willard made three years younger; in many places his birth year is therefore listed with 1912. His second book was not a great success. The politically active Communist, was under the influence of McCarthyism into exile in Mexico. He later said that he was living in Mexico because he felt there free ( Because there is a feeling of freedom there). From a wealthy family, he lived in Mexico poverty. He integrated into the Mexican society was another North American, communist exiles out of the way.
Motley criticized in his novels living in the slums of his native city of Chicago, its criminalization, and the states in state educational institutions.
Works
- Knock on Any Door. Appleton Century Crofts, New York 1947. ( Many do not find their way back. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 1950).