Ta-Nehisi Coates

Known For

Writing

Birthday

September 30, 1975 (49 years old)

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Biography

Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates (/ˌtɑːnəˈhɑːsi/TAH-nə-HAH-see; (born September 30, 1975) is an American author, journalist, and activist. He gained a wide readership as a national correspondent at The Atlantic, where he wrote about cultural, social, and political issues, particularly regarding African Americans and white supremacy. In 2015, Coates received a MacArthur Fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation. His work has been published in numerous periodicals. He has published four nonfiction books: The Beautiful Struggle(2008), Between the World and Me(2015), We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy (2017), and The Message (2024). Between the World and Me won the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He has also written a Black Panther and Captain America series for Marvel Comics. His first novel, The Water Dancer, was published in 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ta-Nehisi Coates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Black Panther

    Black Panther

    2018

  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

    The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

    2021

  • What If...?

    What If...?

    2021

  • Between the World and Me

    Between the World and Me

    2020

  • The Water Dancer

    The Water Dancer