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DuBose Heyward

American novelist, playwright, poet (1885-1940) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 54

Edwin DuBose Heyward 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. It was later adapted as a 1959 film of the same name.

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1885 to 1940 · aged 54

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