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Arna Wendell Bontemps (/ b ɒ n ˈ t ɒ m / bon-TOM [1]) (October 13, 1902 – June 4, 1973) [2] was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance. Early life [ edit ]
978-0-394-91690-3. OCLC. 233402. Dewey Decimal. 326. Story of the Negro by Arna Bontemps is a children's history book published by Knopf in 1948. [1] It was the first African-American authored book to receive a Newbery Honor.
Arna Bontemps Hemenway is an American author and professor most known for his book Elegy on Kinderklavier, [1] which won the PEN/Hemingway Prize, was a finalist for the Barnes and Noble Discover Award, and was long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize. [2] Today, he is an associate professor of creative writing at ...
St. Louis Woman is a 1946 American musical by Arna Bontemps and Countee Cullen with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The musical opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York on March 30, 1946, and ran for 113 performances. The original cast included Robert Pope (Badfoot), Harold Nicholas (Little Augie), Fayard Nicholas ...
English. Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life was an academic journal published by the National Urban League (NUL). The journal acted as a sociological forum for the emerging topic of African-American studies and was known for fostering the literary culture during the Harlem Renaissance. It was published monthly from 1923 to 1942 and then ...
Prominent writers in the movement included Richard Wright, Margaret Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks, Arna Bontemps, Fenton Johnson, Lorraine Hansberry, and Frank London Brown. The South Side Writers Group was a writing circle of several authors and poets from the time of the Chicago Black Renaissance. Its members worked collaboratively to inspire one ...
Added to NRHP. September 13, 1993. Arna Wendell Bontemps House is located in Alexandria, Louisiana. On October 13, 1902, author Arna Wendell Bontemps was born there. It was the childhood home of Arna Wendell Bontemps. [2] Avoiding demolition due to construction of Interstate 49, the house was moved six blocks, in 1991. And it was then renovated.
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