A Lesson Before Dying
| Author | Ernest J. Gaines |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Knopf Publishing Group |
Publication date | 1993 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 256 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-375-70270-9 |
| OCLC | 438410499 |
A Lesson Before Dying is a 1993 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The novel is based on the true story of Willie Francis, a young Black American man best known for surviving a failed electrocution in the state of Louisiana, in 1946. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award.