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27 de jun. de 2018 · Countee Cullen, whose real surname was Porter, was born May 30, 1903. Nothing is known about where he was born, and little is known of his parents. An orphan in New York City, he was adopted by the Reverend Frederick A. and Mrs. Carolyn Cullen, whose name he took.
In 1928 he married Yolande Du Bois, daughter of the famous African-American intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois. Their marriage was short-lived. Many scholars think that Cullen was gay, but the evidence regarding his sexuality is inconclusive. Cullen married Ida Mae Roberson in 1940 and lived with her until his death in 1946 at the age of forty-two.
By Countee Cullen. If for a day joy masters me, Think not my wounds are healed; Far deeper than the scars you see, I keep the roots concealed. They shall bear blossoms with the fall; I have their word for this, Who tend my roots with rains of gall, And suns of prejudice.
Countee Cullen. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, and raised by Elizabeth Porter until her death in 1908, this poet of the Harlem Renaissance was raised by the Rev. and Mrs. Frederick Cullen of a New York City Methodist Episcopal Church. When he attended Dewitt Clinton High School, Cullen not only edited the school paper, but won a citywide poem ...
Langston Hughes. James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American novelist, poet, playwright, social activist, and columnist. He made his career in New York City, where he shifted when he was quite young. Langston Hughes was one of the innovators of the new genre poetry known as jazz poetry. He is also known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
Charles Molesworth. While competing with Langston Hughes for the title of “Poet Laureate of Harlem,” Countée Cullen (1903–46) crafted poems that became touchstones for American readers, both black and white. Inspired by classic themes and working within traditional forms, Cullen shaped his poetry to address universal questions like love ...
Countee Cullen, fotografiert von Carl van Vechten, 1941. Countée LeRoy Porter ( Countée Cullen ), z. T. auch ohne Akzent geschrieben, (* 30. Mai 1903; † 9. Januar 1946 in New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer Autor und führender Dichter der „ Harlem Renaissance “.
