Countee Cullen

(1903-1946)
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Countee Cullen was born may, 1903 in New York. He was raised by his mother until he was thirteen.  At that age, he was adopted by Reverend Fredrick A. Cullen. In 1922, he attended New York University. Some of his earlier works included "I Have a Rendezvous with Life" and "The Shroud of Color". He included these poems in his first book, titled Color (1925). Cullen's poetry became very well known during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920's and 30's. Before leaving to study in Paris in 1928, he became engaged to Nina Yolande DuBois, daughter of W. E. B. DuBois. In 1929 he taught in the New York City Public Schools until his death in 1946.
 

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