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Gwendolyn B. Bennett (July 8, 1902 – May 30, 1981) was an American artist, writer, and journalist who contributed to Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, which chronicled cultural advancements during the Harlem Renaissance.
Richard Bruce Nugent (July 2, 1906 – May 27, 1987), aka Richard Bruce and Bruce Nugent, was an American gay writer and painter in the Harlem Renaissance.Despite being a part of a group of many gay Harlem artists, Nugent was among the handful who were publicly out.
This is a list of English-language poets, who have written much of their poetry in English. [1] ... Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981, US) Jim Bennett (born 1951, E)
Gottfried Benn (1886–1956), German essayist, novelist and expressionist poet; Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981), African-US writer and poet; Jim Bennett (born 1951), English poet in Liverpool punk era; Richard Berengarten (born 1943), English poet, writer and translator; Bo Bergman (1869–1967), Swedish writer and critic; İlhan Berk (1918 ...
Gwendolyn Bennett: Rho: Artist, poet, prose writer, teacher; played an active role in the AA arts community in Harlem; former director of the Harlem Community Art Center of the N.Y.C. WPA Art Project; one of the most revered poets of the New Negro Era (Harlem Renaissance); poetry reflected themes of the New Negro Era – racial pride ...
The acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services gave his own version of the famous poem written on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal.
William Stanley Braithwaite (1878–1962), poet and literary critic; Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) Claude Brown (1937–2002) Hallie Quinn Brown (1849–1949) Roseanne A. Brown (born 1995), writer of fantasy, science fiction and young adult fiction; Sterling A. Brown (1901–1989), poet, literary critic, professor, poet laureate of the ...
"If We Must Die" is one of McKay's most famous poems, and the poet Gwendolyn Brooks cited it as "one of the most famous poems ever written". [7] According to Jordanian scholar Shadi Neimneh, the poem "arguably marks the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance because it gives expression to a new racial spirit and self-awareness". [10]