Ernest J. Gaines Center
The Ernest J. Gaines Center is an international center for scholarship on Ernest Gaines and his work.
The Center honors the work of UL Lafayette’s Writer-in-Residence Emeritus and provides a space for scholars and students to work with the Gaines papers and manuscripts.
Born in 1933 on a plantation near New Roads, Louisiana, Gaines based his award-winning novels on the African American experience in the rural South. His works include The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1971) and A Lesson Before Dying (1993), both later produced as award-winning films.
The Center is dedicated to organizing events and programming that support the work and legacy of Ernest J. Gaines; fostering creative writing through community partnerships, hosting colloquia, seminars, and conferences, and sponsoring the Ernest J. Gaines Speakers and Readers Series.
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Ernest J. Gaines Center
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PO Box 43539
Lafayette, LA 70504