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(1898-1966) Poet, novelist, playwright. Melvin B. Tolson was born in Moberly, Missouri, and died in Dallas, Texas. He studied at Columbia University in the early 1930s and received a master’s degree from there in 1940.

Full Name

Melvin B Tolson

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1898

BIRTH

Melvin B. Tolson was born in Moberly, Missouri, in 1898.

1924

LITWORK

Fire In The Flint


Play.

1940

OTHER

Tolson studied at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, in the early 1930s and received a master's degree from there in 1940.

1944

LITWORK

Rendezvous With America


Collection of poetry.

1953

LITWORK

Libretto For The Republic Of Liberia


Poetry.

1965

LITWORK

Harlem Gallery: Book I, The Curator


Poetry.

1966

DEATH

Melvin B. Tolson died in Dallas, Texas, in 1966.

1966

INTERMENT

Melvin B. Tolson was interred in Summit View Cemetery, Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma.

1979

LITWORK

A Gallery of Harlem Portraits


Collection of poetry.

1982

LITWORK

Caviar And Cabbage: Selected Columns By Melvin B. Tolson


Collection of columns written for the Washington Tribune. Edited by Robert M. Farnsworth.

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