Jean Toomer

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Jean Toomer was an American writer best known for his modernist, genre-blending book "Cane," a landmark work in early 20th-century African American literature.

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instanceOf Harlem Renaissance figure
book
essayist
human
modernist literature
modernist writer
novelist
playwright
poet
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author Jean Toomer self-linksurface differs
birthName Toomer
surface form: Nathan Pinchback Toomer
causeOfDeath multiple sclerosis
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1894-12-26
dateOfDeath 1967-03-30
education studied at the City College of New York
studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
ethnicBackground mixed race
ethnicIdentity African American
familyName Toomer
genre African American literature
African American literature
experimental fiction
modernist literature
modernist literature
givenName Nathan
influenced Langston Hughes
Ralph Ellison
Toni Morrison
influencedBy Sherwood Anderson
W. E. B. Du Bois
Walt Whitman
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Harlem Renaissance
modernism
name Jean Toomer self-link
notableWork Cane
occupation farmer
teacher
writer
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
placeOfDeath Doylestown, Pennsylvania
surface form: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
publicationDate 1923
religiousInfluence Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Quakerism
residence Doylestown, Pennsylvania
surface form: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States

New York City
spouse Margery Latimer
Marjorie Content

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Cane author Jean Toomer
Jean Toomer name Jean Toomer self-link
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dramatic section "Kabnis" author Jean Toomer
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Karintha creator Jean Toomer
Carma workAuthor Jean Toomer
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"Blood-Burning Moon" author Jean Toomer
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"Kabnis" author Jean Toomer
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Margery Latimer spouse Jean Toomer
Nathan isGivenNameOf Jean Toomer
Nathan author Jean Toomer
subject surface form: Cane
Tom Burwell createdBy Jean Toomer