Wallace Thurman
1902 - 1934
General Information
Bio
(1902-1934) African American fiction writer/editor. Wallace Thurman was born in Salt Lake City and lived in New York City.
Full Name
Wallace Thurman
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1902
BIRTH
Wallace Henry Thurman was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1902.
1925
RESIDENCE
Thurman moved to New York City in 1925 and lived in Harlem, Manhattan, New York.
1926
OTHER
Thurman began writing for "The Messenger," a black socialist journal.
1926
OTHER
Thurman published the first edition of the magazine "Fire!!" with the help of Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes.
1929
LITWORK
Harlem: A Melodrama of Negro Life in Harlem
Play which was produced on Broadway in collaboration with William Jourdan Rapp.
Play which was produced on Broadway in collaboration with William Jourdan Rapp.
1929
LITWORK
The Blacker the Berry
Novel.
Novel.
1932
LITWORK
Infants of Spring
A satiric novel of the Harlem Renaissance.
A satiric novel of the Harlem Renaissance.
1932
LITWORK
The Interne
Novel; written in collaboration with Abraham L. Furman.
Novel; written in collaboration with Abraham L. Furman.
1934
DEATH
Wallace Thurman died of tuberculosis in 1934.
1934
INTERMENT
Wallace Thurman is buried in Silver Mount Cemetery in New York, New York.
1935
LITWORK
Tomorrow's Children
Screenplay.
Screenplay.
1935
LITWORK
High School Girl
Screenplay.
Screenplay.
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