Nella Larsen
Born April 13, 1891
Chicago, Illinois
Died March 30, 1964
New York, New York
American novelist
Nella Larsen. (Courtesy of Beineke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.)
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Harlem Renaissance writer Nella Larsen (1893-1963) received the Guggenheim Award in 1930 to support her continued work on the psychological novel at a time when the novel of social realism overshadowe...
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One of the most promising writers to publish during the Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen has earned a reputation as an important Afro-American novelist on the basis of two books, Quicksand (1928) and...
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Power of the word
The term passing is mostly shorthand for a racial passing which means people of one race passing for another. Nella Larsen's Passing is the story about two light-...
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Larsen, Nella
Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen
