Henry Dumas

Henry Dumas
Born(1934-07-20)July 20, 1934
Sweet Home, Arkansas, United States
DiedMay 23, 1968(1968-05-23) (aged 33)
New York City, United States
Occupation
tates
Literary movementBlack Aesthetic
SpouseLoretta Ponton
Children2

Henry Dumas (July 20, 1934 – May 23, 1968) was an American writer and poet. He has been called "an absolute genius" by Toni Morrison,[1] who as a commissioning editor at Random House published posthumous collections both of his poetry, Play Ebony, Play Ivory,[2] and his short stories, Ark of Bones, in 1974.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Henry Dumas, Play Ebony, Play Ivory: Poetry, edited by Eugene B. Redmond, New York: Random House, 1974.
  3. ^ Henry Dumas, Ark of Bones and Other Stories, edited by Eugene B. Redmond, New York: Random House, 1974.