Arna Bontemps

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Arna Bontemps was an American poet, novelist, and librarian closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and later the Chicago Black Renaissance, known for his influential contributions to African American literature and culture.

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instanceOf educator ⓘ
librarian ⓘ
literary historian ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ
coAuthored Popo and Fifina ⓘ
The Pasteboard Bandit ⓘ
The Poetry of the Negro, 1746–1949 ⓘ
collaboratedWith Langston Hughes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-10-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1973-06-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Pacific Union College ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
employer Fisk University ⓘ
Oakwood Junior College ⓘ
linked to: Oakwood University
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
fieldOfWork African American history ⓘ
African American literature ⓘ
fullName Arna Wendell Bontemps ⓘ
linked to: Arna Bontemps
genre children's literature ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Chicago Black Renaissance ⓘ
Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
notableFor contributions to African American literature ⓘ
role in the Chicago Black Renaissance ⓘ
role in the Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
notableWork Black Thunder ⓘ
Chariot in the Sky ⓘ
God Sends Sunday ⓘ
Sad-Faced Boy ⓘ
The Fast Sooner Hound ⓘ
The Story of the Negro ⓘ
They Seek a City ⓘ
occupation librarian ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Alexandria, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Nashville, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
linked to: Nashville
positionHeld head librarian at Fisk University ⓘ
librarian at Fisk University ⓘ
religion Seventh-day Adventism ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles

New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City

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Arna Bontemps → fullName → Arna Wendell Bontemps ⓘ
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God Sends Sunday → author → Arna Bontemps ⓘ
subject linked to: St. Louis Woman
St. Louis Woman → literarySourceAuthor → Arna Bontemps ⓘ
St. Louis Woman (Broadway, 1946) → sourceWorkAuthors → Arna Bontemps and Countee Cullen ⓘ
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Black Thunder → author → Arna Bontemps ⓘ
God Sends Sunday → author → Arna Bontemps ⓘ
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Sad-Faced Boy → author → Arna Bontemps ⓘ
The Story of the Negro → author → Arna Bontemps ⓘ
Chariot in the Sky → author → Arna Bontemps ⓘ
Chariot in the Sky → writer → Arna Bontemps ⓘ
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They Seek a City → author → Arna Bontemps ⓘ
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The Fast Sooner Hound → author → Arna Bontemps ⓘ
The Fast Sooner Hound → writer → Arna Bontemps ⓘ
Popo and Fifina → author → Arna Bontemps ⓘ
The Pasteboard Bandit → author → Arna Bontemps ⓘ
The Pasteboard Bandit → coAuthor → Arna Bontemps ⓘ