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Wallace Henry Thurman: Quick Facts

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Born August 16, 1902 • Salt Lake City • Utah
Died December 22, 1934 (aged 32) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Infants of the Spring” • “The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life”
Movement / Style Harlem Renaissance
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Dorothy West
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James Weldon Johnson
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Regina M. Anderson
American librarian and playwright
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Jessie Redmon Fauset
American author
Arna Bontemps, photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Arna Bontemps
American writer
Harte
Bret Harte
American writer
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Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
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Frederik Pohl
American author
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Constance Lindsay Skinner
American writer and historian
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Marya Mannes
American author and critic
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Metta Victoria Fuller Victor
American author
Paulding, James Kirke
James Kirke Paulding
American writer
Bunner, Henry Cuyler
Henry Cuyler Bunner
American writer
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Eunice Tietjens
poet, novelist, and editor
Colum, Padraic
Padraic Colum
Irish-born American poet
James Baldwin stands against a plain background in a dress shirt and tie, arms crossed, holding a cigarette, looking directly at the camera.
James Baldwin
American author
Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward
American author
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
American author

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