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Arna Bontemps

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Profession
Poet
Died
Jun 4, 1973
Zodiac
Libra
Born in
Louisiana
About
Poet and novelist who was active during the Harlem Renaissance and is famous for works such as The Story of the Negro and God Sends Sunday. He also earned great critical acclaim for his 1936 novel Black Thunder.
Family
He grew up in the Louisiana home of Charlie Bontemps and Marie Pembrooke Bontemps. With his wife Alberta, he raised six children.

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