Jessie Redmon Fauset

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

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instanceOf Harlem Renaissance figure
editor
novelist
person
poet
academicDegree bachelor's degree
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1882-04-27
dateOfDeath 1961-04-30
describedBySource Harlem Renaissance literary histories
educatedAt Cornell University
University of Pennsylvania
employer The Crisis NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Fauset NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork education
journalism
literature
fullName Jessie Redmon Fauset NERFINISHED
genre essay
novel
poetry
givenName Jessie NERFINISHED
influenced Claude McKay NERFINISHED
Countee Cullen NERFINISHED
Langston Hughes NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NERFINISHED
movement Harlem Renaissance
notableFor depicting Black middle-class life
exploring themes of race and passing
mentoring younger Harlem Renaissance writers
portraying inner lives of African American women
notableWork Comedy: American Style NERFINISHED
Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral NERFINISHED
The Chinaberry Tree: A Novel of American Life NERFINISHED
There Is Confusion NERFINISHED
occupation editor
novelist
poet
teacher
placeOfBirth Snow Hill, New Jersey NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
placeOfResidence New York City NERFINISHED
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
positionHeld literary editor of The Crisis
sexOrGender female
spouse Herbert Harris NERFINISHED
workedOn The Crisis magazine NERFINISHED

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