Arna Bontemps
1902 - 1973
General Information
Bio
(1902-1973) Novelist, poet. Arna Bontemps lived in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City during the 1920s.
Full Name
Arna Bontemps
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1902
BIRTH
Arna Bontemps was born in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1902.
1924
RESIDENCE
Bontemps accepted a teaching position at Harlem Academy in Manhattan, New York at the height of the Harlem Renaissance and taught there until 1931.
1931
LITWORK
God Sends Sunday
Harcourt, Brace.
Novel.
Harcourt, Brace.
Novel.
1932
LITWORK
Popo and Fifina: Children of Haiti
Macmillan.
A travel book for children in collaboration with Langston Hughes.
Macmillan.
A travel book for children in collaboration with Langston Hughes.
1932
LITWORK
A Summer Tragedy
Short story.
Short story.
1934
LITWORK
You Can't Pet a Possum
Book for children.
Book for children.
1936
LITWORK
Black Thunder: Gabriel's Revolt: Virginia 1800
Macmillan.
Novel.
Macmillan.
Novel.
1937
LITWORK
Sad-Faced Boy
Novel.
Novel.
1939
LITWORK
Drums at Dusk
Novel.
Novel.
1939
LITWORK
Drums at Dusk
Macmillan.
Fiction.
Macmillan.
Fiction.
1941
LITWORK
Father of the Blues
Novel.
Novel.
1941
LITWORK
Golden Slippers: An Anthology of Negro Poetry for Young People
Harper.
Poetry.
Harper.
Poetry.
1973
LITWORK
The Old South
Collection of short stories.
Collection of short stories.
1973
DEATH
Bontemps died in Nashville, Tennessee in 1973.
1973
LITWORK
The Old South:
Dodd, Mead.
Short story collection.
Dodd, Mead.
Short story collection.
1973
INTERMENT
Bontemps was interred at Greenwood Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
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