Jean Toomer

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Jean Toomer was an American writer best known for his modernist, genre-blending book "Cane," a landmark work in early 20th-century African American literature.

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instanceOf Harlem Renaissance figure
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modernist literature
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author Jean Toomer
birthName Nathan Pinchback Toomer
linked to: Toomer
causeOfDeath multiple sclerosis
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1894-12-26
dateOfDeath 1967-03-30
education studied at the City College of New York
studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
ethnicBackground mixed race
ethnicIdentity African American
familyName Toomer
genre African American literature
African American literature
experimental fiction
modernist literature
modernist literature
givenName Nathan
influenced Langston Hughes
Ralph Ellison
Toni Morrison
influencedBy Sherwood Anderson
W. E. B. Du Bois
Walt Whitman
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Harlem Renaissance
modernism
name Jean Toomer
notableWork Cane
occupation farmer
teacher
writer
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.
placeOfDeath Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
publicationDate 1923
religiousInfluence Quakerism
residence Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
New York City
spouse Margery Latimer
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Cane author Jean Toomer
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