Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946) was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright, particularly well known during the Harlem Renaissance. [1]

Countee Cullen is one of the most representative voices of the Harlem Renaissance. His life story is essentially a tale of youthful exuberance and talent of a star that flashed across the African American firmament and then sank toward the horizon.

Aug 16, 2023 · Writer Countee Cullen was an iconic figure of the Harlem Renaissance, known for his poetry, fiction and plays.

Jan 5, 2025 · Countee Cullen was an American poet, one of the finest of the Harlem Renaissance. Reared by a woman who was probably his paternal grandmother, Countee at age 15 was unofficially adopted by the Reverend F.A. Cullen, minister of Salem M.E. Church, one of Harlem’s largest congregations.

An imaginative lyric poet, Cullen wrote in the Romantic tradition of John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley and was resistant to the new poetic techniques of the Modernists; his work demonstrates the range of subjects and aesthetic interests that poets of the Harlem Renaissance addressed.

Countee Cullen (1903–1946) was one of the leading African American poets of the Harlem Renaissance.

Jan 14, 2024 · Countee Cullen (formerly known as Countee LeyRoy Porter) was an award-winning African American poet, novelist, and playwright during the Harlem Renaissance.

By the time aspiring poet Countee Cullen graduated from New York University in 1925, his work had appeared in national magazines such as Harper’s and The Nation. His first book of poems—Colors, published the year he graduated—earned the praise of critics and readers alike.

Jan 29, 2007 · Cullen went on to publish several collections of poems, an anthology of African American verse, a novel, and two children’s books. He arguably penned some of the most recognizable poems to African Americans, including “Heritage” and “Yet Do I Marvel.”

Countee Cullen, one of the most successful writers of the early Harlem Renaissance, was himself a poetic creation. Born sometime around the turn of the twentieth century and raised until his middle teens by a woman who may have been his paternal grandmother, Cullen’s academic skills gained him early recognition and entry into New York ...