Nella Larsen

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Nella Larsen was an influential American novelist and short story writer whose works, including "Passing" and "Quicksand," explored race, identity, and gender during the Harlem Renaissance.

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Nella Larsen's novel "Passing" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Harlem Renaissance writer
novelist
person
short story writer
activeInPeriod 1920s
1930s
associatedWith Harlem
surface form: Harlem, New York
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship
birthDate 1891-04-13
burialPlace Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
surface form: Brooklyn, New York, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1964-03-30
educatedAt Fisk University
New York Public Library
surface form: New York Public Library training school

University of Copenhagen
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American

Danish American
familyName Larsen
fieldOfWork gender and sexuality
literature
race and identity
fullName Nellallitea Larsen
genre African-American literature
fiction
modernist literature
givenName Nellallitea
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainTheme class and respectability politics
gender roles
passing for white
racial identity
mother Mary Hanson NERFINISHED
movement Harlem Renaissance
notableAchievement first African-American woman to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship for creative writing
notableWork Passing
Quicksand
Sanctuary
The Wrong Man
occupation librarian
novelist
nurse
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
publicationDateOfWork Passing (1929)
Quicksand (1928)
sexOrGender female
spouse Elmer Imes
workLocation New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

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Rebecca Hall basedOn Nella Larsen
this entity surface form: Nella Larsen's novel "Passing"
Harlem Renaissance notablePerson Nella Larsen