Arna Bontemps
- January 10, 2024
- Poet
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Arna Bontemps |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Date Of Birth | Oct 13, 1902(1902-10-13) |
| Age | 122 |
| Date Of Death | 1973-06-04 |
| Birthplace | Alexandria |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | Louisiana |
| Horoscope | Libra |
Arna Bontemps Biography
| Name | Arna Bontemps |
| Birthday | Oct 13 |
| Birth Year | 1902 |
| Place Of Birth | Alexandria |
| Home Town | Louisiana |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
| Children(s) | Camille Ruby Bontemps Graves, MORE |
Arna Bontemps is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on October 13, 1902 in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. Novelist and poet who was active in the Harlem Renaissance and is famous for his works like The Story of the Negro and God Sends Sunday. The author also won praise from the press for his work, Black Thunder.
He was a close friend and colleague of Harlem Renaissance poet He was a friend of fellow Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes. He and Hughes collaborated on a 1932 children’s book entitled Popo and Fifina.. Hughes as well as Hughes worked together on the children’s book published in 1932 called Popo and Fifina.
He was raised at his Louisiana house which was the home of Charlie Bontemps and Marie Pembrooke Bontemps. Together with his wife Alberta she raised six children.
Arna Bontemps Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Poet |
| House | Living in own house. |
Arna Bontemps is one of the richest Poet from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Arna Bontemps 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was a student of English along with history in the California’s Pacific Union College. Following graduation, he took the position of a teacher for New York City’s Harlem Academy.
The lack of a substantial income from his writing career made him pursue the master’s diploma in librarianship science. Then, he worked as a librarian at the Tennessee’s Fisk University.
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Facts & Trivia
Arna Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Arna Bontemps celebrates birthday on October 13 of every year.
Why was Arna Bontemps important?
Like his close friend Langston Hughes and their fellow writers in the Harlem Renaissance, Arna Bontemps explored African-American experience in a wide variety of genres. As a poet, novelist, historian, anthologist and archivist, he enriched and preserved black cultural heritage.
What is Arna Bontemps most famous poem?
- A Black Man Talks of Reaping.
- God Give to Men.
- Nocturne of the Wharves.
- Reconnaissance.
- Southern Mansion.
- The Day-Breakers.
What were Arna Bontemps poems about?
From early on in life Bontemps felt a need to change the world. He wrote of the plight of the black man and of all the hatred and racism in the world. He strongly emphasised the idea, felt by many at the time, of how the Negro man was deemed to be inferior to the white man and the ‘yellow man’.
Where did Arna Bontemps go to college?
Education
Why was Arna Bontemps important to the Harlem Renaissance?
Bontemps emerged to prominence during the literary movement known as the Harlem Renaissance in New York City during the 1920s. As a critic, he helped dismantle the segregated cultural narrative of the early 20th century and emphasized the many contributions of black authors.