Prof, Arna(=Arnaud) (Wendell) BONTEMPS

Sex : Male

Nationality: USA

Born : 1902 Oct 13 (wrongly 12)
            Alexandria, Louisiana, USA

Lived : Nashville, Tennessee, USA (final)

Died :   1973 Jun 4
             Nashville, Tennessee, USA
aged :   70
More info can be found online at:
English-language Wikipedia
Internet Broadway Database
Internet Movie Database
Notable Names Database
(US) Social Security Death Index (SSN = 414-50-1863)
Find a Grave

More info can be found offline at:
Black American Playwrights, by E S Arata & N J Roboli [1976]
Contemporary Authors, vol 1-4R
Obituary in Contemporary Authors, vol 41-44
Obituary in Something about the Author, vol 2
Obituary in The New York Times, 1973 Jun 6
Something about the Author, vols 2 & 44
Writers Directory (necrology section), 3rd edn

             Book Titles              InfoDate(s)Read Online
God Sends SundayEnglish
fiction
1931 
Popo And Fifina, Children Of Haiti
[with Langston HUGHES]
English
1932 
You Can't Pet A PossumEnglish
1934 
Black ThunderEnglish
fiction
1936 
Sad-Faced BoyEnglish
1937 
Drums At DuskEnglish
fiction
1939 
Golden Slippers:...Negro Poetry For Young Readers
[edited]
English
poetry
1941 
The Fast Sooner Hound
[with Jack CONROY]
English
1942 
They Seek A CityEnglish
1945 
We Have TomorrowEnglish
1945 
Slappy Hooper, The Wonderful Sign Painter
[with Jack CONROY]
English
1946 
Story Of The NegroEnglish
1948 
The Poetry Of The Negro, 1746-1949
[co-edited]
English
poetry
1949 
George Washington CarverEnglish
biography
1950 
Chariot In The Sky: A Story Of The Jubilee SingersEnglish
1951 
Sam Patch, The High, Wide & Handsome Jumper
[with Jack CONROY]
English
1951 
The Story Of George Washington CarverEnglish
biography
1954 
Lonesome BoyEnglish
1955 
The Book Of Negro Folklore
[co-edited]
English
1958 
Frederick Douglass: Slave, Fighter, FreemanEnglish
biography
1959 
100 Years Of Negro FreedomEnglish
non-fiction
1961 
American Negro Poetry
[edited]
English
poetry
1963 
PersonalsEnglish
1963 
Famous Negro AthletesEnglish
biography
1964 
Great Slave NarrativesEnglish
biography
1969 
Hold Fast To Dreams: Poems Old And New
[edited]
English
poetry
1969 
Mr Kelso's LionEnglish
1970 
Free At Last: The Life Of Frederick DouglassEnglish
biography
1971 
The Harlem Renaissance Remembered
[edited]
English
essays
1972 
Young Booker: Booker T Washington's Early DaysEnglish
biography
1972 
The Old South: 'A Summer Tragedy' And Other Stories...English
short stories
1973 
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