Thurman, Wallace, 1902-1934
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Name (Latin)
Thurman, Wallace, 1902-1934
Date of birth
1902-08-16
Date of death
1934-12-22
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Dramatists
Novelists
Periodical editors
Screenwriters
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- African American National Biography, accessed September 16, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Thurman, Wallace; screenwriter, dramatist, fiction writer, magazine and journal editor/publisher; born 16 August 1902 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States; entered the University of Utah (1919); transferred to the University of Southern California (until 1923); editor in chief at the publishing firm of Macaulay Company; screenwriter for an independent production company, Hollywood (1934); died 21 December 1934 in New York, New York, United States)
- The blacker the berry, 1929.
- His The blacker the berry, 1929.
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WallaceThurman
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Wikipedia description:
Wallace Henry Thurman (August 16, 1902 – December 22, 1934) was an American novelist and screenwriter active during the Harlem Renaissance. He also wrote essays, worked as an editor, and was a publisher of short-lived newspapers and literary journals. He is best known for his first novel The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life (1929), which explores discrimination based on skin tone within the black community, with lighter skin being more highly valued.
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