Author Paul Green (1894-1981) was one of the South’s most revered writers, and one of America’s most distinguished. The first playwright from the South to gain national and international recognition, he was part of that remarkable generation of writers who first brought southern writing to the attention of the world.

His best known achievements were as a playwright, perhaps the best known to be writing not only from the South, but about the South. Equal to his literary influence has been his influence on human rights in the South and internationally.

To read more about Paul Green, see this biography.

Read about the republication of This Body the Earth!

Paul Green's Plant Book, published by The Botanical Garden Foundation, Inc, and edited by Betsy Green Moyer and Ken Moore, is available through the North Carolina Botanical Garden.