Nellallitea Larsen

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Nellallitea Larsen was an American novelist and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for her works exploring race, identity, and gender such as "Passing" and "Quicksand."

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Nellallitea Larsen canonical 3

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instanceOf Harlem Renaissance writer
human
novelist
activeYears 1920s
1930s
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1891-04-13
dateOfDeath 1964-03-30
educatedAt Fisk University
Lincoln Hospital and Home School of Nursing
ethnicGroup African Americans
linked to: Black Americans

Danish Americans
familyName Larsen
fieldOfWork African-American literature
literature
genre African-American literature
fiction
modernist literature
givenName Nellallitea
hasBibliographyItem Passing (1929)
Quicksand (1928)
hasWorkInTheCollectionOf Library of Congress
influenced later African-American women writers
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainTheme gender
passing for white
race
racial identity
maritalStatus divorced
motherTongue English
movement Harlem Renaissance
name Nellallitea Larsen
notableFor being a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance
exploration of race and identity in fiction
notableWork Passing
Quicksand
occupation librarian
novelist
nurse
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City
residence Harlem, New York City
linked to: Harlem
sexOrGender female
spouse Elmer Imes
workedAt New York Public Library

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Nella Larsen fullName Nellallitea Larsen
Nella Larsen name Nellallitea Larsen
subject linked to: Nellallitea Larsen
The Wrong Man authorFullName Nellallitea Larsen