Arna Bontemps
Arna Bontemps

Arna Bontemps

Arna Wendell Bontemps (October 13, 1902 - June 4, 1973), the American poet and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance

person, writer, author, novelist, academic, poet, award winner, person that was nominated for an award, honour or prize, Libra person

Legal name, Full name
"Arna Wendell Bontemps"
Born
1902; October 1902; October 13th 1902; Alexandria, Louisiana
Died
1973; June 1973; June 4th 1973; Nashville, Tennessee
Occupation
librarian
Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arna_Bontemps
Gender
male
Nationality
american
Educated
University of Chicago
Last Name
"Bontemps"
First Name
"Arna"
Main Occupation
writer
Age at Death
70 years, 7 months and 22 days old
Class
▶ person; writer; poet; academic; Libra person;  …
Did
die (1973)
Born During
January 1st 1900, 00:00 - December 31st 1909, 23:59
Died During
1970s
Related Websites
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/bontemps/bontemps.htm, http://www.lib.utk.edu/refs/tnauthors/authors/bontemps-a.html, http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C070700, http://www.arnabontempsmuseum.com
Attributes
african-american, male
Freebase ID
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DBPedia URI
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Arna_Bontemps
Rare Terms
"arna", "bontemps"
Middle-name
"Wendell"
Birthday
the 13th of October
Quotes
"Yet would we die as some have done, beating a way for the rising sun."; "Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky."; "Is there something we have forgotten? Some precious thing we have lost, wandering in strange lands?"; "How dare anyone, parent, schoolteacher, or merely literary critic, tell me not to act colored."
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