Jean Toomer
1894 - 1967
General Information
Bio
(1894-1967) Poet, novelist. “descended from a mixture…Scotch, Welsh, German,…and some dark blood” Jean Toomer wrote “Cane” (1923) a three part novel seen as ground-breaking and the start-off point for the Harlem Renaissance. He lived in New Rochelle and Harlem, New York City at different times in his life.
Full Name
Jean Toomer
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
Unknown
RESIDENCE
Lived in New Rochelle, NY
1894
BIRTH
Nathan Pinchback Toomer (Jean Toomer) was born in Washington, District of Columbia in 1894.
1906
RESIDENCE
Toomer moved to New Rochelle, New York when his mother remarried in 1906. He returned to Washington, District of Columbia after her death in 1909.
1917
RESIDENCE
Although he never took a degree, Toomer studied at both the City College of New York and New York University in Manhattan, New York.
1923
LITWORK
Cane
New York: Boni and Liveright.
A novel comprised of poetry, short stories, and drama.
New York: Boni and Liveright.
A novel comprised of poetry, short stories, and drama.
1925
RESIDENCE
Toomer lived in Harlem, Manhattan, New York. He began lecturing on Gurdjieff's Methods to the black population of Harlem.
1929
LITWORK
Problems Of Civilization
New York: D. Van Nostrand Co.
Written with Ellsworth Huntington, Whiting Williams, and others.
New York: D. Van Nostrand Co.
Written with Ellsworth Huntington, Whiting Williams, and others.
1931
LITWORK
Essentials: Definitions and Aphorisms
Chicago: Lakeside Press.
Novel.
Chicago: Lakeside Press.
Novel.
1936
LITWORK
The Blue Meridian
Poem.
Poem.
1947
LITWORK
An Interpretation Of Friends Worship
Philadelphia: Committee On Religious Education Of Friends General Conference.
Philadelphia: Committee On Religious Education Of Friends General Conference.
1949
LITWORK
The Flavor Of Man
Philadelphia: Young Friends Movement Of The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
Philadelphia: Young Friends Movement Of The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
1967
DEATH
Jean Toomer died in Doylestown, Pennsylvania in 1967.
1980
LITWORK
The Collected Poems Of Jean Toomer
Poetry.
Poetry.
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