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Edwin DuBose Heyward (August 31, 1885 – June 16, 1940) was an American author best known for his 1925 novel Porgy. He and his wife Dorothy, a playwright, adapted it as a 1927 play of the same name. The couple worked with composer George Gershwin to adapt the work as the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.
DuBose Heyward (born Aug. 31, 1885, Charleston, S.C., U.S.—died June 16, 1940, Tryon, N.C.) was an American novelist, dramatist, and poet whose first novel, Porgy (1925), was the basis for a highly successful play, an opera, and a motion picture.
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Apr 15, 2016 · Learn about the life and works of DuBose Heyward, a Charleston native who wrote the novel Porgy and co-created the opera Porgy and Bess with George Gershwin. Explore his role in the southern literary renaissance, his Gullah folktales, and his legacy in South Carolina.
Learn about the life and work of DuBose Heyward, a white Charleston writer who collaborated with George Gershwin on the musical Porgy and Bess. Find out how he overcame childhood illness, wrote novels and poems, and founded the Poetry Society of South Carolina.
Learn about the life and works of DuBose Heyward, a white-American writer and playwright who wrote Porgy and Bess, the first American folk opera. He also wrote children's stories, fiction, and screenplays, and founded the Poetry Society of South Carolina.
Edwin DuBose Heyward (August 31, 1885 – June 16, 1940) was an American author best known for his 1925 novel Porgy. He and his wife Dorothy, a playwright, adapted it as a 1927 play of the same name. The couple worked with composer George Gershwin to adapt the work as the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.
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Mar 5, 2000 · PORGY AND BESS'' comes to the New York City Opera on Tuesday evening, so it is a good time to celebrate the man largely responsible for the opera's resilience: DuBose Heyward, the author of the...
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