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(1916-1987) Author. John Oliver Killens was born in Macon, Georgia, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was a founder of the Harlem Writers Guild.

Full Name

John Oliver Killens

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Mr. Killens taught creative-writing at Columbia University.

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Mr. Killens taught creative-writing at Medgar Evers College.

1916

BIRTH

John Oliver Killens was born in Macon, Georgia, on January 14, 1916.

1954

LITWORK

Youngblood
The Dial Press

Novel.

1963

LITWORK

And Then We Heard The Thunder
Alfred A. Knopf
0394415213 / 978-0394415215
Novel, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

1966

LITWORK

Black Man's Burden
Trident Press

Essays.

1967

LITWORK

Sippi
Trident Press

Novel.

1969

LITWORK

Slaves
Pyramid Books

Novel.

1971

LITWORK

Cotillion: Or One good Bull Is Half The Herd
Trident Press
0671270729 / 978-0671270728
Novel.

1972

LITWORK

Great Gittin' Up Morning: A Biography of Denmark Vesey
Doubleday
0385019025 / 978-0385019026
Biography.

1975

LITWORK

A Man Ain't Nothin' but a Man: the Adventures of John Henry
Little Brown & Company
0316492787 / 978-0316492782
Children's book.

1987

DEATH

John Oliver Killens died at the Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center in Brooklyn, New York, on October 27, 1987.

1989

LITWORK

Great Black Russian: The Life and Times of Alexander Pushkin
Wayne State Press
0814320464 / 978-0814320464
Novel.

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