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(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.

1923

LITWORK

Sonnet To A Negro In Harlem
Published in "Negro Poets And Their Poems" edited by Robert T. Kerlin.

Poem.

1925

LITWORK

My Race
Opportunity.

Poem.

1926

LITWORK

The Road
Opportunity.

Poem.

1927

LITWORK

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.

1929

LITWORK

Invocation
The Saturday Evening Quill.

Poem.

1934

LITWORK

Plea Of A Plebeian
Opportunity.

Poem.

1934

LITWORK

Monotone
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.

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.

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