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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. [ 1 ]
The same plot points take place, but Medea in Disneyland is a parody, in that it takes place in a Walt Disney animated cartoon. Canada's Stratford Festival staged an adaptation of Medea by Larry Fineberg in 1978, which starred Patricia Idlette in the title role. [28] Angelique Rockas as Medea, Theatro Technis directed by George Eugeniou
Among the many recipients of the awards in literature and the fine arts were Claude McKay, Hale Woodruff, Palmer Hayden, Archibald Motley (his winning piece was The Octoroon Girl), Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes. The awards were closely associated with an annual Exhibition of the Work of Negro Artists, conceived by Mary Brady.
H. M. Hoover, The Dawn Palace: The Story of Medea (1988) Percival Everett, For Her Dark Skin (1990) Kerry Greenwood, Medea: Book I in the Delphic Women Series (1997). Christa Wolf, Medea (published in German 1996, translated to English 1998) [6] Medea plays a major role as an antagonist in Stuart Hill's The Icemark Chronicles trilogy.
As a showcase for McClendon, Countee Cullen adapted Euripides' tragedy Medea, working with producer John Houseman, composer Virgil Thomson and production designer Chick Austin. [3]: 128–129 Although the sets and costumes had been ready for months, by the end of 1934 McClendon had fallen ill and the project was never realized. [3]: 143
Seven Choruses from the "Medea" of Euripides (G. Schirmer, 1934; text translated by Countee Cullen) for women's chorus & percussion (also arranged for mixed chorus by Daniel Pinkham) O gentle heart; Love, like a leaf; O, happy were our fathers; Weep for the little lambs; Go down, O Sun; Behold, O Earth; Immortal Zeus controls the fate of Man
The Book of American Negro Poetry is a 1922 poetry anthology that was compiled by James Weldon Johnson.The first edition, published in 1922, was "the first of its kind ever published" [1] and included the works of thirty-one poets.
Eric Derwent Walrond (18 December 1898 – 8 August 1966) was an Afro-Caribbean Harlem Renaissance writer and journalist. Born in Georgetown, British Guiana, the son of a Barbadian mother and a Guyanese father, Walrond was well-travelled, moving early in life to live in Barbados, and then Panama, New York City, and eventually England.