Author and activist Albert Woodfox, 75, died in New Orleans recently. After spending four decades in solitary confinement in the Angola prison in Louisiana, Woodfox wrote Solitary, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction, and winner of the Stowe Prize, among other honors. Grove Atlantic editor George Gibson who edited Solitary writes, “Albert was the most remarkable and courageous person I have ever met. We were honored to know him and to publish his powerful book.”
