Richard Price

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Price
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Oct 12, 1949(1949-10-12)
Age	75
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Libra

Richard Price Biography

Richard Price is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on October 12, 1949 in New York, United States. American screenwriter and fiction writer, known for his urban, gritty work. His most notable novels include Lush Life (2008), The Wanderers (1974), Clockers (1992), and Clockers (1992). His screenplays include Life Lessons (1989), Mad Dog and Glory (92), and The Color of Money (1986), which was nominated for an Oscar.

Uncredited writing work was done on the Denzel Wash film, American Gangster.

In the 1990s he co-edited the poetry magazines Gairfish (with W. N. Herbert), Verse (with Robert Crawford, Henry Hart, David Kinloch, and others) and Southfields (with Raymond Friel). At this time he also ran the poetry publisher Vennel Press with Leona Medlin, publishing books by W.N. Herbert, Elizabeth James, David Kinloch, Peter McCarey, Medlin and Price themselves, and others. He was one of the group associated with Informationist poetry, coining the phrase. He introduced Informationist ideas in 1991 in the magazine Interference and, later, in his introduction to the anthology of Informationist poetry Contraflow on the Superhighway, co-edited with Herbert (Gairfish and Southfields, 1994). He currently edits the magazine Painted, spoken.

His translations include the Guillaume Apollinaire poems in Eftirs / Afters (with translations of other French modernists by Donny O’Rourke, Au Quai, 1996) and the Louise Labé poems in Lute Variations (Rack Press, 2005).

He was raised in a Bronx housing project. He married Lorraine Adams later.

Richard Price Net Worth

Richard Price is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Price 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated from Cornell University, and then went on to Columbia University to get his MFA in creative Writing. Later, he taught writing classes at Yale University and New York University.

Clockers, his novel, was nominated to the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Richard John Price (born 1966 Reading, England) is a British poet, novelist, and translator.

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Who is Richard Price Dating?

According to our records, Richard Price married to Lorraine Adams (m. 2008), Judith Hudson (m. 1984–2010). As of December 1, 2023, Richard Price’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2013 and 2014 he toured with Iain Bamforth, David Kinloch, Peter McCarey as “The Last Men on Mercury”, appearing in Manchester, London, Geneva, Stasbourg and Glasgow and featuring guest poets including Lucy Burnett, Dorothy Lehane, Hannah Lowe, and Peter Manson. In 2014 the Slovakian film-maker Viera Čákanyová made a short film about his work, filming while he was on tour in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland.

Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Richard Price celebrates birthday on October 12 of every year.

*Richard Price, directed by Viera Čákanyová, (Česká televize, 2015)

What did Richard Price believe in?

Richard Price FRS (23 February 1723 – 19 April 1791) was a Welsh moral philosopher , Nonconformist minister and mathematician. He was also a political reformer, pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal causes such as the French and American Revolutions.

What did Richard Price do?

Richard Price, (born Feb. 23, 1723, Tynton, Glamorgan, Wales—died April 19, 1791, Hackney, near London), British moral philosopher, expert on insurance and finance, and ardent supporter of the American and French revolutions.

Did Richard Price write for The Wire?

Price wrote and conceptualized the 18-minute film surrounding Michael Jackson’s “Bad” video. He also wrote for the HBO series The Wire. Price won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2008 ceremony for his work on the fifth season of The Wire.

How many children does Richard Price have?

Richard married Oracene ‘Brandy’ Price (portrayed by Aunjanue Ellis in the movie) in 1980, and they had two daughters , Venus (born 1980) and Serena (born 1981).

Why did Richard Price support the French Revolution?

In November, 1789, Richard Price preached a sermon praising the French Revolution. Price argued that British people, like the French, had the right to remove a bad king from the throne.