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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Paul-Laurence-DunbarPaul Laurence Dunbar | Poet, Novelist, Playwright | Britannica

    Jun 23, 2024 · Paul Laurence Dunbar was a U.S. author whose reputation rests upon his verse and short stories written in black dialect. He was the first black writer in the U.S. to make a concerted attempt to live by his writings and one of the first to attain national prominence.

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  3. www.readwritethink.org › poet-paul-laurence-dunbarPoet Paul Laurence Dunbar was born today in 1872.

    Jun 27, 2024 · Best known for his poems “We Wear the Mask” and “Sympathy” (the poem from which Maya Angelou took the title of her memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings), Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote dialect poems, other poems, novels, short stories, and essays.

  4. blackhistory.today › june-27Paul Laurence Dunbar - What Happened Today In Black History

    Jun 27, 2024 · Accomplished poet, novelist and playwright Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on June 27, 1872 in Dayton, Ohio to former slaves. In his short life of only 33 years, Dunbar became one the first African American poets to achieve national and international notoriety.

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  6. scholarworks.umass.edu › bitstreams › 947a01cf-3f4f-4aca-8bf7Paul Laurence Dunbar and Tuni-into-the-20th-Century African...

    4 days ago · it is worth recalling that it was also the age of Paul Laurence Dunbar, whose critical and professional success as a literary artist among black and white readers was unprecedented for an African American author. As Countee Cullen claimed in the introduction to the 1926 anthology of black poetry Caroling Dusk,

  7. scalar.lehigh.edu › african-american-poetry-a-digitalPaul Laurence Dunbar, "Retrospection" (1896)

    Jun 14, 2024 · African American Poetry (1870-1928) Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Retrospection" (1896) 213. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Retrospection" (1896)When you and I were young, the daysWere filled with scent of pink and rose,And full of joy from dawn till close,From morning's mist till evening's haze.And when the robin sung his songThe verdant woodland ways along ...

  8. routes-mag.com › paul-laurence-dunbarPaul Laurence Dunbar — the caged birds sing “Happy Birthday”

    Jun 27, 2024 · Paul Laurence Dunbar is an established figure in American literature. His contributions through his poetry, novels and short stories offer profound insights into the extant complexities of race relations in the United States of America.

  9. www.loc.gov › item › today-in-historyToday in History - June 27 | Library of Congress

    Jun 27, 2024 · Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on June 27, 1872, in Dayton, Ohio. Although he died when he was only thirty-three, Dunbar had achieved international acclaim as a poet, short story writer, novelist, dramatist, and lyricist.