Image: Wikimedia Commons

Austin Wright

American writer (1922–2003)

PersonDied aged 80humanQ3629977

Also known as Austin McGiffert Wright

Born: September 6, 1922
2
Sources
1.Stated in BabelioRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in BabelioRetrieved 2017-10-09
View statement on Wikidata ↗
Died: April 23, 2003
2
Sources
1.Stated in BabelioRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in BabelioRetrieved 2017-10-09
View statement on Wikidata ↗
Birthplace: Yonkers
Place of death: Cincinnati
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: writer
, literary critic
, essayist
+1 more
Education: Harvard University
, University of Chicago
Employer: University of Cincinnati

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Austin McGiffert Wright was an American novelist, literary critic and professor emeritus of English at the University of Cincinnati.

2 linked to Austin Wright in Wikidata

62 statements · 31% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Participated in conflict: World War II
Given name: Austin
Family name: Wright
Sex or gender: male
1
Sources
1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-11-04
View statement on Wikidata ↗

41 identifiers linking Austin Wright across the web's reference databases

Data quality

statements

31%

externally sourced

Source last edited August 11, 2026. AIDB refreshes this page daily.

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q3629977

Cite this page

AIDB. (2026). Austin Wright (Q3629977). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/austin-wright-Q3629977