Helene Johnson
1906 - 1995
General Information
Bio
(1906-1995) Poet. Helene Johnson and her cousin, novelist Dorothy West, moved to Harlem, Manhattan, New York, in 1927. Her literary work appears mostly in the magazines “Opportunity,” the “Messenger,” the “Saturday Evening Quill,” and “Vanity Fair.”
Full Name
Helene Johnson
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
Unknown
OTHER
Johnson worked for Consumers Union in Mount Vernon, New York, for several years.
1906
BIRTH
Helen (Helene) Johnson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1906.
1923
LITWORK
Bottled
Published in "Negro Poets And Their Poems" edited by Robert T. Kerlin.
Poem.
Published in "Negro Poets And Their Poems" edited by Robert T. Kerlin.
Poem.
1923
LITWORK
Sonnet To A Negro In Harlem
Published in "Negro Poets And Their Poems" edited by Robert T. Kerlin.
Poem.
Published in "Negro Poets And Their Poems" edited by Robert T. Kerlin.
Poem.
1925
LITWORK
My Race
Opportunity.
Poem.
Opportunity.
Poem.
1926
LITWORK
The Road
Opportunity.
Poem.
Opportunity.
Poem.
1927
LITWORK
Poem
Published in "Caroling Dusk" edited by Countee Cullen.
Poem.
Published in "Caroling Dusk" edited by Countee Cullen.
Poem.
1927
RESIDENCE
Johnson moved to Harlem, Manhattan, New York, in 1927. She attended Columbia University.
1929
LITWORK
Remember Not
The Saturday Evening Quill.
Poem.
The Saturday Evening Quill.
Poem.
1929
LITWORK
Invocation
The Saturday Evening Quill.
Poem.
The Saturday Evening Quill.
Poem.
1934
LITWORK
Plea Of A Plebeian
Opportunity.
Poem.
Opportunity.
Poem.
1934
LITWORK
Monotone
Opportunity.
Poem.
Opportunity.
Poem.
1995
DEATH
Helene Johnson lived in Manhattan, New York and died there in 1995.
1996
LITWORK
Inklings And Trinkets
Off-Center Press.
Collection of poetry.
Off-Center Press.
Collection of poetry.
2000
LITWORK
This Waiting for Love: Helene Johnson, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.
Collection of poetry, edited by Verner D. Mitchell.
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.
Collection of poetry, edited by Verner D. Mitchell.
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