Liberian President, Author. He served as the leader of Liberia from September 1, 1995, until September 3, 1996, as chairman of the Council of State, which then governed Liberia. In 1963, he was given a fellowship to study Sacred Theology at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California where he earned his master's degree in divinity. He left there and went to a writers’ workshop at the University of Iowa where he earned a second master’s degree in English. He returned to Liberia in the late 1960s and became employed at the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs. He first worked in the Press Bureau and was later appointed Director of the Overseas Press Bureau while he kept a teaching position at the University of Liberia and also taught English and Literature at his alma mater, Cuttington. He began his being known as an author in the early 1970s. In 1974, "The Marriage of Wisdom", and "Other Tales", a collection of Liberian stories, were published. He then published "Why Nobody Knows When He Will Die". In 1979, he wrote a novel, "The Rain and the Night". He also wrote "Sundown at Dawn: A Liberian Odyssey" and produced an anthology of African stories entitled "More Modern African Stories". His novel "Birds Are Singing" was posthumously published in 2010.
Liberian President, Author. He served as the leader of Liberia from September 1, 1995, until September 3, 1996, as chairman of the Council of State, which then governed Liberia. In 1963, he was given a fellowship to study Sacred Theology at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California where he earned his master's degree in divinity. He left there and went to a writers’ workshop at the University of Iowa where he earned a second master’s degree in English. He returned to Liberia in the late 1960s and became employed at the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs. He first worked in the Press Bureau and was later appointed Director of the Overseas Press Bureau while he kept a teaching position at the University of Liberia and also taught English and Literature at his alma mater, Cuttington. He began his being known as an author in the early 1970s. In 1974, "The Marriage of Wisdom", and "Other Tales", a collection of Liberian stories, were published. He then published "Why Nobody Knows When He Will Die". In 1979, he wrote a novel, "The Rain and the Night". He also wrote "Sundown at Dawn: A Liberian Odyssey" and produced an anthology of African stories entitled "More Modern African Stories". His novel "Birds Are Singing" was posthumously published in 2010.
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