Wallace Thurman

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Harlem Renaissance figure editor essayist human literary critic novelist playwright screenwriter

Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."

Aliases (1)

Wallace Henry Thurman ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Harlem Renaissance figure → editor → essayist → human → literary critic → novelist → playwright → screenwriter →
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis →
collaboratedWith	Aaron Douglas → Gwendolyn Bennett → Langston Hughes → Richard Bruce Nugent → Zora Neale Hurston →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1902-08-16 →
dateOfDeath	1934-12-22 →
educatedAt	University of Southern California → University of Utah →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Thurman →
fullName	Wallace Henry Thurman →
genre	African-American literature → fiction → social criticism →
givenName	Wallace →
hasTheme	African-American urban life in the 1920s → colorism → intra-racial prejudice →
influencedBy	Harlem Renaissance culture →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	Harlem Renaissance →
notableWork	Harlem: A Melodrama of Negro Life → Infants of the Spring → The Blacker the Berry → The Interne →
occupation	critic → editor → essayist → novelist → playwright →
placeOfBirth	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States →
placeOfDeath	New York City, New York, United States →
positionHeld	editor at The Messenger → editor at World Tomorrow → editor of Fire!! →
residence	Harlem, New York City, New York, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
subjectOf	studies in African-American literary criticism →
workedOn	Fire!! →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The New Negro (anthology) →	containsWorkBy
Fire!! (magazine) →	editor
Fire!! (magazine) →	founder
Wallace Thurman ("Wallace Henry Thurman") →	fullName
Fire!! (magazine) →	hasContributor
Harlem Renaissance →	notablePerson