Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Encyclopedia : G : GW : GWE : Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Gwendolyn B. Bennett (July 8, 1902–1981) was an African American writer who contributed greatly to the Harlem Renaissance. She is chiefly remembered for her column "The Ebony Flute" in the periodical , which chronicled cultural advancements in Harlem. Though often overlooked, she herself made considerable accomplishments in poetry and prose. She is perhaps best known for her short story, "Wedding Day", which was published in the sole issue of Fire, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Wallace Thurman's radical 1926 periodical.
Her work is featured in numerous anthologies of the period, including the following:
- Countee Cullen's Caroling Dusk (1924)
- Alain Locke's The New Negro (1925)
- William Braithwaite's Yearbook of American Poetry (1927)
Reference
Shockley, Ann Allen, Afro-American Women Writers 1746-1933: An Anthology and Critical Guide, New Haven, Connecticut: Meridian Books, 1989. ISBN 0452009812
External links
- [Houghton Mifflin's Gwendolyn B. Bennett]
- [See Gwendolyn B. Bennett's poetry in J. Mason Brewer's Heralding Dawn: an Anthology of Verse], published 1936 and hosted by the [Portal to Texas History]
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.