Paul G. Dunbar

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Writer
gptkb:poet
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Central_High_School_(Dayton,_Ohio)
Ohio State University (attended)
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
African American literature
gptkbp:award NAACP Image Award (posthumously)
gptkbp:birth_date June 27, 1872
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Dayton,_Ohio
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Woodlawn_Cemetery_(Washington,_D._C.)
gptkbp:death_date February 9, 1906
gptkbp:famous_for Innovative use of language
Exploring themes of race and identity
Social commentary in literature
Use of dialect in poetry
Cultural representation of African Americans
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Fiction
gptkb:poetry
gptkb:drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Paul G. Dunbar
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Maya_Angelou
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:James_Weldon_Johnson
gptkb:Gwendolyn_Brooks
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkbp:language gptkb:African_American_Vernacular_English
English
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_achievement First published African American poet
Pioneer of dialect poetry
Contributed to the development of African American literature
gptkbp:notable_work Lyrics of a Lowly Life
Sympathy
We Wear the Mask
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:playwright
gptkb:poet
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Alice_Ruth_Moore
gptkbp:website gptkb:Paul_Dunbar_Society
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lincoln_Public_Schools
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6