Gaines graduated from SFSU in the 1950s with a literature degree and also served in the U.S. Army for two years. He followed these with a Stanford University fellowship, which focused on creative writing.
Ernest J. Gaines, an author and alumni of San Francisco State University, has been honored by the United States Postal Service with a stamp in the the agency's"Black Heritage" series.
Gaines was born in Oscar, Louisiana and raised by a disabled aunt. He lived in former slave quarters that housed five generations of his ancestors. After completing his fellowship, Gaines published novels such as 1964's"Catherine Carmier" and 1971's"The Autiobiography of Miss Jane Pittman." " ability to encourage and nurture someone's passion, I believe, was one of his strongest accolades," said Cheylon Woods, archivist and head of the Ernest J. Gaines Center.
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