| LC control no. | n 50019600 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3505.U287 |
| Personal name heading | Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 |
| Variant(s) | Carter, James S., 1903-1946 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1903-05-30 |
| Death date | 1946-01-09 |
| Place of birth | New Orleans (La.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Poetry |
| Affiliation | New York Public Library. Countee Cullen Branch New York University Harvard University |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Poets Teachers |
| Found in | Author's Color, 1925. Countee' Cullen's secret revealed by miracle book, c2008: p. vii (real name is James S. Carter) p. 19 (b. in 1903 in New Orleans) p. 33 (d. in 1946) p. 4 of cover (James S. Carter, Jr.) Wikipedia, Sept. 20, 2013 (Countee Cullen (May 30, 1903 - Jan. 9, 1946) was an American poet who was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance) African American National Biography, accessed January 5, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Cullen, CounteĢe; dramatist, poet. He was born 30 May 1903 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States; earned his bachelor's degree from New York University (1925); master's degree from Harvard University; universal critical acclaim with first collection of poetry, Color (1925); second volume of poetry, Copper Sun (1927); third volume of poetry, The Ballad of a Brown Girl (1928); only novel ever published, One Way to Heaven (1932); full-time teacher at Frederick Douglass Junior High School (1934-1946); honors include, first prize in the Witter Bynner Undergraduate Poetry Contest, sponsored by Poetry Society of America (1925); John Reed Memorial Prize by Poetry magazine (1925); first prize in literature from Harmon Foundation (1927). He died 09 January 1946 in New York, New York, United States) |
| Associated language | eng |
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