Henry Dumas
Writer, Author
1934 – 1968
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Who was Henry Dumas?
Henry Dumas was an African-American writer and poet. He has been called "an absolute genius" by Toni Morrison, who as a commissioning editor at Random House published collections both of his poetry, Play Ebony, Play Ivory, and his short stories, Ark of Bones.
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- Born
- Jul 20, 1934
Sweet Home - Spouses
- Loretta Ponton
(1955/09/24 - )
- Loretta Ponton
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Rutgers University
- City College of New York
- Lived in
- Arkansas
- Died
- May 23, 1968
Harlem
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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