Countee Cullen
1903 - 1946
General Information
Bio
(1903-1946) Author, anthologist, editor. Countee Cullen was born in Kentucky. He came to New York City and soon after that, specifically, to Harlem. He was a writer of the Harlem Renaissance. He died at Sydenham Hospital.
Full Name
Countee Cullen
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
Unknown
OTHER
Mr. Cullen moved to New York City and soon after that, specifically, to Harlem in Manhattan, New York.
Unknown
OTHER
Mr. Cullen lived in Tuckahoe, New York, during the last years of his life.
1903
BIRTH
Countee Cullen was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1903.
1922
OTHER
Mr. Cullen graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York, in 1922.
1925
LITWORK
Color
Harper & Brothers
Poetry collection.
Harper & Brothers
Poetry collection.
1926
OTHER
Countee Cullen received a master's degree from New York University in 1926.
1927
LITWORK
"Copper Sun"
1927
LITWORK
The Ballad of the Brown Girl: An Old Ballad Retold
Harper and Bros.
Poetry collection.
Harper and Bros.
Poetry collection.
1927
LITWORK
Caroling Dusk: An Anthology of Verse by Negro People
New York: Harper and Brothers.
Edited by Mr. Cullen.
New York: Harper and Brothers.
Edited by Mr. Cullen.
1927
LITWORK
Copper Sun
Harper Brothers
Poetry collection.
Harper Brothers
Poetry collection.
1929
LITWORK
The Black Christ, and Other Poems
Harper and Brothers
Collection of poetry.
Harper and Brothers
Collection of poetry.
1932
LITWORK
One Way to Heaven
Harper and Brothers
Novel, Mr. Cullen's only novel.
Harper and Brothers
Novel, Mr. Cullen's only novel.
1935
LITWORK
The Medea and Some Poems
Harper and Brothers
Poetry.
Harper and Brothers
Poetry.
1940
LITWORK
The Lost Zoo
Harper and Brothers
Book for young readers.
Harper and Brothers
Book for young readers.
1942
LITWORK
My Lives and How I Lost Them
Harper and Brothers
Book for young readers.
Harper and Brothers
Book for young readers.
1946
DEATH
Countee Cullen died at Sydenham Hospital in Manhattan, New York.
1946
INTERMENT
Countee Cullen is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx, New York.
1947
LITWORK
On These I Stand: An Anthology of the Best Poems of Countee Cullen
Harper and Brothers Publishers
Verse.
Harper and Brothers Publishers
Verse.
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