Arna Wendell Bontemps

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Illinois Connection 3 Biographical and Professional Information 4 Published Works 5 Titles for Purchase and at Your Library 6 Literary Awards 7 External Links 8 Editing

[edit] General Information

Name: Arna Wendell Bontemps

Pen Name: None

Birth Year: 1902

Place of Birth: Alexandria, Louisiana

Died: June 4, 1973 in Nashville, Tn.

[edit] Illinois Connection

Lived in Illinois at different times from 1923 through 1969.

[edit] Biographical and Professional Information

Arna Wendell Bontemps was a teacher in Chicago from 1923-38. From 1966 through 1969 he was a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

[edit] Published Works

• God Sends Sundays, AMS Press, 1972

• 100 Years of Negro Freedom,Greenwood Publishing Grp,Inc.,1980

• American Negro Poetry, Sagebrush Educational Resources, 1996

• Black Thunder, Beacon Press, 2007

[edit] Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

God Sends Sunday ISBN: 0404001378 Release Date: 1972-06 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

100 Years of Negro Freedom ISBN: 0313222185 Release Date: 1980-06-27 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

American Negro Poetry (American Century) ISBN: 0808577476 Release Date: 1999-10 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Black Thunder ISBN: 0977988376 Release Date: 2007-08-30 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

[edit] Literary Awards

His children's book, Story of the Negro, was a 1949 Newbery Honor Book. He also received the Jane Addams Book Award for The Story of the Negro in 1956.

[edit] External Links

Arna Wendell Bontemps on WorldCat

Arna Wendell Bontemps on Amazon

[edit] Editing

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