Editing Richard Wright (author) (section)

==Awards and honors==
* The [[Spingarn Medal]] in 1941 from the NAACP<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title= The Spingarn Medal, 1915–2007 |encyclopedia=World Almanac & Book of Facts |pages=256 |publisher = World Almanac Education Group, Inc |year = 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in [[List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1939|1939]]
* ''[[Story (magazine)|Story]]'' Magazine Award in 1938.<ref name="story">{{Cite book| last = Wright |title=Black Boy |publisher=HarperCollins |year=1993 |location=New York |pages= 465 }}</ref>
* In April 2009, Wright was featured on a [[Postage stamps and postal history of the United States|U.S. postage stamp]]. The 61-cent, two-ounce rate stamp is the 25th installment of the literary arts series, and features a portrait of Wright in front of snow-swept tenements on the South Side of Chicago, a scene that recalls the setting of ''Native Son.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Richard Wright Immortalized on Postage|url=https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2009/pr09_037.htm|access-date=2020-09-16|website=about.usps.com}}</ref>
* In 2010, Wright was inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chicagoliteraryhof.org/inductees/profile/richard-wright |title=Richard Wright |date=2010 |website=Chicago Literary Hall of Fame |language=en |access-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref>
* In 2012, the [[Historic Districts Council]] and the [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]], in collaboration with the Fort Greene Association and writer/musician [[Carl Hancock Rux]], erected a cultural medallion at 175 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn, where Wright lived in 1938 and completed ''[[Native Son]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdc.org/blog/cultural-medallions-celebrate-the-lives-of-two-african-american-pioneers-of-literature-and-music|title=Cultural Medallions Celebrate the Lives of Two African-American Pioneers of Literature and Music|date=July 3, 2012|access-date=September 30, 2016}}</ref> The group unveiled the plaque at a public ceremony with guest speakers, including playwright [[Lynn Nottage]] and  [[Brooklyn Borough President]] [[Marty Markowitz]].