Lillian Smith (author), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lillian Smith (author)

American author, social critic

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1897

Place of Birth: Jasper, Florida, United States

Date of Death: 28-Sep-1966

Profession: editor, novelist, essayist, activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Lillian Eugenia Smith (December 12, 1897 – September 28, 1966) was a writer and social critic of the Southern United States, known most prominently for her best-selling novel Strange Fruit (1944).
A white woman who openly embraced controversial positions on matters of race and gender equality, she was a southern liberal unafraid to criticize segregation and work toward the dismantling of Jim Crow laws, at a time when such actions virtually guaranteed social ostracism.