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Arna Wendell Bontemps (/ b ɒ n ˈ t ɒ m / bon-TOM) (October 13, 1902 – June 4, 1973) was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance. Early life [ edit ]
31 de may. de 2024 · Arna Bontemps was an American writer who depicted the lives and struggles of black Americans. After graduating from Pacific Union College, Angwin, California, in 1923, Bontemps taught in New York and elsewhere.
Like his close friend Langston Hughes and their fellow writers in the Harlem Renaissance, Arna Bontemps explored African-American experience in a wide variety of genres. As a poet, novelist, historian, anthologist and archivist, he enriched and preserved black cultural heritage.
Arna Bontemps. Arna Wendell Bontemps was born on October 13, 1902, in Alexandria, Louisiana, the son of a Creole bricklayer and a schoolteacher. At age three, he and his family moved to Los Angeles after his father was mortally threatened by two drunk white men.
18 de ene. de 2007 · Considered a pioneer among African American historical fiction writers, Bontemps authored the best known of his novels, the critically-acclaimed Black Thunder (1936), which was based on the actual event of a slave revolt in Virginia led by Gabriel Prosser in 1800.
27 de feb. de 2014 · Arna Bontemps was a prominent literary figure throughout the first half of the twentieth century, particularly notable due to his influence on African American literature and culture.
21 de may. de 2018 · Arna Bontemps (1902-1973) was an accomplished librarian, historian, editor, poet, critic, and novelist. His diverse occupations were unified by the common goal of forwarding a social and intellectual atmosphere in which African-American history, culture, and sense of self could flourish.
