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Wallace Henry Thurman (August 16, 1902 – December 22, 1934) was an American novelist and screenwriter active during the Harlem Renaissance. He also wrote essays, worked as an editor, and was a publisher of short-lived newspapers and literary journals.
Wallace Henry Thurman (born Aug. 16, 1902, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.—died Dec. 22, 1934, New York, N.Y.) was an African-American editor, critic, novelist, and playwright associated with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
Jan 21, 2007 · Wallace Thurman died in New York City on December 22, 1934. By the time of his death at the young age of 32 from tuberculosis, Thurman had established himself as a pioneer and literary revolutionary who left an enviable written record as a legacy.
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May 29, 2018 · One of the most gifted editors and critics of the Harlem Renaissance, Wallace Thurman, though an initial supporter of the flourishing African American art scene of the 1920s, became one of its most virulent critics.
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American writer Wallace Henry Thurman (1902-1934) worked as a journalist, editor, novelist and playwright. His most famous novel is “The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life,” which depicts discrimination among black people based on degrees of skin color.
Apr 26, 2018 · As an editor, novelist, and playwright, Wallace Thurman sought to offer honest, unabashed portraits of black life in Harlem.
Feb 2, 2023 · Dubbed Niggerati Manor by Zora Neale Hurston, Wallace was the acknowledged mayor while she was the queen. The swirling cavalcade of citizenry included Uptown Renaissance members, sometimes Downtown bohemians and various hangers-on.
Thurman, the first African-American reader for a major publishing house, is best known for his work The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life (1929) which explored discrimination based on skin tone within the black community. Later that year his play, ‘Harlem,’ debuted on Broadway.
Thurman had played a key role in the Harlem literary scene and wrote about the vibrancy of Harlem life in his 1928 book, Negro Life in New York’s Harlem. But he soon grew disillusioned with his environment.
Wallace Henry Thurman (1902–1934) was an American novelist active during the Harlem Renaissance. He also wrote essays, worked as an editor, and was a publisher of short-lived newspapers and literary journals.
