Countee Cullen - Wikipedia
Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946) was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright, particularly well known during the Harlem Renaissance. [1]
Countee Cullen | The Poetry Foundation
Countee Cullen is one of the most representative voices of the Harlem Renaissance. His life story is essentially a tale of youthful exuberance and talent of a star that flashed across the African American firmament and then sank toward the horizon.
Countee Cullen: Biography, Poet, Playwright, Life, Facts
Aug 16, 2023 · Writer Countee Cullen was an iconic figure of the Harlem Renaissance, known for his poetry, fiction and plays.
Countee Cullen | Harlem Renaissance, Poetry & Novels - Britannica
Jan 5, 2025 · Countee Cullen was an American poet, one of the finest of the Harlem Renaissance. Reared by a woman who was probably his paternal grandmother, Countee at age 15 was unofficially adopted by the Reverend F.A. Cullen, minister of Salem M.E. Church, one of Harlem’s largest congregations.
About Countee Cullen - Academy of American Poets
An imaginative lyric poet, Cullen wrote in the Romantic tradition of John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley and was resistant to the new poetic techniques of the Modernists; his work demonstrates the range of subjects and aesthetic interests that poets of the Harlem Renaissance addressed.
Countee Cullen | National Museum of African American History ...
Countee Cullen (1903–1946) was one of the leading African American poets of the Harlem Renaissance.
Countee Cullen | Encyclopedia.com
Jun 27, 2018 · The American Countee Cullen (1903-1946) was one of the most widely heralded African American poets of the Harlem renaissance, though he was less concerned with social and political problems than were his African American contemporaries.