Jessie Fauset

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Jessie Fauset was an influential Harlem Renaissance novelist, editor, and critic whose work explored the lives and inner worlds of middle-class African Americans.

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instanceOf Harlem Renaissance figure
editor
literary critic
novelist
person
birthDate 1882-04-27
birthPlace Snow Hill, New Jersey, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1961-04-30
deathPlace Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
degree Bachelor of Arts
describedBySource important but often overlooked figure of the Harlem Renaissance
educatedAt Cornell University
University of Pennsylvania
employer The Crisis
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Fauset
fieldOfStudy classics
fullName Jessie Redmon Fauset
genre essay
novel
poetry
short story
givenName Jessie
influenced Claude McKay
Langston Hughes
Nella Larsen
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf NAACP
surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
movement Harlem Renaissance
notableWork Comedy: American Style
Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral
The Chinaberry Tree: A Novel of American Life
There Is Confusion
notedFor portrayals of educated, middle-class Black characters
shaping early careers of Harlem Renaissance writers through The Crisis
occupation editor
novelist
poet
teacher
translator
positionHeld literary editor of The Crisis
workLocation New York City
Philadelphia
wroteAbout colorism
gender roles
middle-class African American life
passing
racial identity

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