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(1885-1940) Poet, novelist, playwright. DuBose Heyward and his wife, Dorothy, lived in New York City.

Full Name

DuBose Heyward

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Heyward lived with his wife, Dorothy, in New York City.

1885

BIRTH

Edwin DuBose Heyward was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1885.

1922

LITWORK

Carolina Chansons


Collection of poetry; written with Hervey Allen.

1924

LITWORK

Skylines and Horizons


Collection of poetry.

1925

LITWORK

Porgy


Novel; dramatized in 1927 by Heyward and his wife. This novel and its dramatization were the sources for George Gershwin's folk opera, Porgy and Bess in 1935.

1926

LITWORK

Angel


Novel.

1929

LITWORK

Mamba's Daughters


Novel; dramatized in 1939 by Heyward and his wife.

1932

LITWORK

Peter Ashley


Novel.

1936

LITWORK

Lost Morning


Novel.

1939

LITWORK

Star Spangled Virgin
New York: Farrar & Rinehart.

Novelette.

1939

LITWORK

The Country Bunny And The Little Gold Shoes
Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Children's book.

1940

DEATH

DuBose Heyward died in Tryon, North Carolina, in 1940.

1940

INTERMENT

DuBose Heyward was interred at Saint Philip's Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina.

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