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Countee Cullen

Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946) was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright, particularly well known during the Harlem Renaissance.

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Born 30 May 1903
Died 9 January 1946

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience

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  • Cover of: The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1949

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  • Cover of: The United States in Literature

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  • Cover of: The United States in Literature

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature Platinum

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  • Cover of: Caroling Dusk: An Anthology of Verse by Black Poets of the Twenties

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  • Cover of: My Lives and How I Lost Them

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  • Cover of: On these I stand: an anthology of the best poems of Countee Cullen.

    First published in 1947 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Lost Zoo

    First published in 1940 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Words of Ages: Witnessing U.S. History Through Literature

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  • Cover of: The United States in literature

    First published in 1973 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: black Christ: & other poems.

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  • Cover of: The black Christ & other poems

    First published in 1929 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1932 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Caroling Dusk: An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets

    First published in 2023 — 2 editions
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Born 30 May 1903
Died 9 January 1946

Subjects

American poetry, Poetry, African Americans, African American authors, Fiction, American literature, Drama, History, short story, Classic Literature, Union, hanging, American Civil War, American drama, Confederacy, Harlem Renaissance, Juvenile audience, Juvenile poetry, Literary collections, Literature, United States Civil War, civil war, Afro-Americans, American Horror tales, Brothers and sisters

Places

Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, United States, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, Missouri, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, England, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, Saint Louis, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, kingdom by the sea, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Harlem (New York, N.Y.), N.Y.) Harlem (New York, New England, Saint Louis (Mo.), Salem Village

People

Peyton Farquhar, Amanda Wingfield, Brently Mallard, Devil, Ethelred, Jim O'Connor, Josephine, Laura Wingfield, Louise Mallard, Madeline Usher, Richards, Roderick Usher, Tom Wingfield, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Annabel Lee, Arthur Miller (1915-), Aylmer, Betty Parris, Bridget Bishop, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs

Time

1861-65, 19th century, 1861-1865, American Civil War, 1692, 20th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1600s, Civil War, December, carnival

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June 5, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
August 29, 2021 Edited by Jenner Fill in bio
August 29, 2021 Edited by Jenner Added new photo
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import