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(1934-1968) Poet. Henry Dumas died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Henry Lee Dumas

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1934

BIRTH

Henry Lee Dumas was born in Sweet Home, Arkansas, in 1934.

1953

RESIDENCE

Dumas moved to Harlem, Manhattan, New York, when he was ten, attended public schools, and entered City College in 1953.

1968

DEATH

Henry Dumas died in Harlem, New York, New York, in 1968.

1970

LITWORK

Ark Of Bones And Other Stories
Southern Illinois University Press. Random House, 1974.

Collection of short fiction.

1970

LITWORK

Poetry For My People
Southern Illinois University Press. Random House, 1974.

Collection of poetry.

1976

LITWORK

Jonoah And The Green Stone
Random House.

Novel.

1979

LITWORK

Rope Of Wind And Other Stories
Random House.

Collection of short fiction.

1988

LITWORK

Goodbye, Sweetwater


Collection of short fiction.

1989

LITWORK

Knees Of A Natural Man: The Selected Poetry Of Henry Dumas
Thunder's Mouth Press.

Collection of poetry.

2003

LITWORK

Echo Tree: The Collected Short Fiction Of Henry Dumas
Coffee House Press.

Collection of short fiction.

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