DuBose Heyward

DuBose Heyward
DuBose and Dorothy Heyward c. 1929
DuBose and Dorothy Heyward c. 1929
BornEdwin DuBose Heyward
(1885-08-31)August 31, 1885
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedJune 16, 1940(1940-06-16) (aged 54)
Tryon, North Carolina, U.S.
Notable worksPorgy (1927)
Mamba's Daughters (1929)
Brass Ankle (1931)
Porgy and Bess (1935)
SpouseDorothy Heyward
Children1

Edwin DuBose Heyward (August 31, 1885 – June 16, 1940)[1][2] was an American author best known for his 1925 novel Porgy. He and his wife Dorothy, a playwright, adapted it as a 1927 play of the same name. The couple worked with composer George Gershwin to adapt the work as the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. It was later adapted as a 1959 film of the same name.

Heyward also wrote poetry and other novels and plays, as well as the children's book The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (1939).

  1. ^ Flora, Joseph M. (2006). "DuBose Heyward". In Flora, Joseph M. (ed.). Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary. Vogel, Amber; Giemza, Bryan. Louisiana State University Press. p. 198. ISBN 0-8071-3123-7. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
  2. ^ Hutchisson 2000, p. 5.