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(1914-1983) Poet, novelist, playwright. Owen Dodson was born in Brooklyn, New York.

Full Name

Owen Vincent Dodson

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Author's Timeline


1914

BIRTH

Owen Vincent Dodson was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1914.

1938

LITWORK

Divine Comedy


Verse play.

1939

LITWORK

Garden Of Time


Verse play.

1944

LITWORK

New World A'Coming


Play.

1946

LITWORK

Powerful Long Ladder


Collection of poetry.

1951

LITWORK

Boy At The Window
Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Novel.

1970

LITWORK

The Confession Stone: Song Cycle

1977

LITWORK

Come Home Early, Child


Novel.

1978

LITWORK

The Harlem Book Of The Dead
Morgan & Morgan.

Collection of poetry written with James Van Der Zee and Camille Billops..

1978

LITWORK

The Story Of Soul


Play.

1983

DEATH

Owen Dodson died in New York City in 1983.

1984

LITWORK

Freedom, The Banner


Play.

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