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AlexHaley(1921~1992)AnAmericanwriterknownastheauthorofthe1976bookRoots:TheSagaofanAmericanFamily.•Haley'sfirstbookwas1965'sTheAutobiography[ɔːtəbaɪ'ɒgrəfɪ]ofMalcolmX,acollaboration[kə,læbə'reʃən]throughnumerouslengthyinterviewswiththesubject,amajorAfrican-Americanleader.•Hewasworkingonasecondfamilyhistorynovelathisdeath.HaleyhadrequestedthatDavidStevens,ascreenwriter,completeit;thebookwaspublishedasAlexHaley'sQueen.Itwasadaptedasafilmofthesamenamereleasedin1993.LiterarycareerPlayboymagazine•InSeptember1962heinterviewedajazzmusicianMilesDavisandthatinterviewsetthetoneforwhatbecameasignificantfeatureofthemagazine.•MartinLutherKing,Jr.'sPlayboyInterviewwithHaleywasthelongestheevergrantedtoanypublication.•Throughoutthe1960s,Haleywasresponsibleforsomeofthemagazine'smostnotableinterviewsTheAutobiographyofMalcolmX•TheAutobiographyofMalcolmX,publishedin1965,wasHaley'sfirstbook.•Haleyghostwrote(代笔)TheAutobiographyofMalcolmXbasedonmorethan50in-depthinterviewsheconductedwithMalcolmXbetween1963andMalcolmX'sFebruary1965assassination.•TheAutobiographyofMalcolmXhasbeenaconsistentbest-sellersinceits1965publication.TheNewYorkTimesreportedthatsixmillioncopiesofthebookhadsoldby1977.In1998,TIMEmagazinerankedTheAutobiographyofMalcolmXasoneofthe10mostinfluentialnonfiction([nɒn‘fɪkʃən]非小说的散文文学)booksofthe20thcentury.•In1966,HaleyreceivedtheAnisfield-WolfBookAwardforTheAutobiographyofMalcolmX.Roots•In1976,HaleypublishedRoots:TheSagaofanAmericanFamily,anovelbasedonhisfamily'shistory,goingbacktoslaverydays.•Haleyclaimedtobeaseventh-generationdescendantofKuntaKinte,andhisworkonthenovelinvolvedtenyearsofresearch,intercontinental([,ɪntəkɒntɪ‘nent(ə)l]洲际的)travelandwriting.•Rootswaseventuallypublishedin37languages.HaleywonaspecialPulitzerPrizefortheworkin1977.•Thesameyear,RootswasadaptedasapopulartelevisionminiseriesofthesamenamebyABC.Theserialreachedarecord-breaking130millionviewers.RootsIttellsthestoryofKuntaKinte,an18th-centuryAfrican,capturedasanadolescentandsoldintoslaveryintheUnitedStates,andfollowshislifeandthelivesofhisdescendantsintheU.S.downtoHaley.Thereleaseofthenovel,combinedwithitshugelypopulartelevisionadaptation,Roots(1977),ledtoaculturalsensationintheUnitedStates,andconsideredoneofthemostimportantU.S.worksofthetwentiethcentury.ThenovelspentmonthsonTheNewYorkTimesBestSellerList,including22weeksinthatlist'stopspot.Thelastsevenchaptersofthenovelwerelateradaptedintheformofasecondminiseries,Roots:TheNextGenerations(1979).ItstimulatedinterestingenealogyandappreciationforAfrican-Americanhistory.
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