Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983

  1. Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983
  2. Detailed View

Name Entries

Information

person

Name Entries *

Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983


Cite

Dodson, Owen, 1914-

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Dodson, Owen, 1914-


Cite

Dodson, Owen

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Dodson, Owen


Cite

Genders

Exist Dates

Exist Dates - Date Range

1914-11-28

1914-11-28

Birth

1983-06-21

1983-06-21

Death

Show Fuzzy Range Fields

Cite

Biographical History

Owen Dodson was a playwright and author.

From the description of Owen Dodson Collection 1936-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80551547 From the description of Owen Dodson Collection 1936-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148305

African American author, poet, playwright, and professor of drama at Howard University; died 1983.

From the description of Owen Dodson papers, 1930-1968. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 741522194

Owen Dodson (1914-1983) was an African American playwright, director, and poet who served for many years as professor of drama at Howard University, where he became known as the "Dean of Black Theater." He graduated from Bates College in 1936 and then studied at Yale Drama School, graduating with an MFA in 1939. He served briefly in the United States Navy, producing plays designed to improve the morale of Black seamen. During this period, and throughout his career, he both wrote and directed plays and also served as a teacher of drama. Dodson was also a poet and novelist.

From the description of Owen Dodson papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 706098605 1914 Born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Sarah Elizabeth Goode and Nathaniel Barnett Dodson 1932 Graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, Brooklyn 1936 B.A. degree from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine; elected to Phi Beta Kappa 1938 1939 Received fellowships from General Education Board 1938 1942 Directed drama at Atlanta University and Spellman College, Atlanta, Georgia 1939 Master of Fine Arts, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1940 Won Anderson Award for Verse Drama for his Garden of Time 1941 Won contest sponsored by the Committee on Interracial Cooperation, Atlanta, Georgia, for his Gargoyles in Florida 1942 Directed drama at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. 1942 43 Served in U.S. Navy (Seaman I/C) during which time he directed a morale building program and wrote several verse dramas 1944 Awarded Rosenwald Foundation Fellowship 1946 His Powerful Long Ladder, a book of poems was published 1947 Appointed Associate Professor of the Department of Drama, College of Fine Arts, Howard University 1949 Under the auspices of the Department of State toured Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Germany with his Howard University Players 1951 His Boy at the Window, a novel, was published 1953 Awarded Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship "for creative activity in the field of fiction." 1955 Won prize in international short story contest sponsored by Paris Revue for The Summer Fire 1960 Promoted to full Professor, Department of Drama, College of Fine Arts, Howard University 1963 Toured the United States with his Howard University Players 1964 Named member of National Committee of the Shakespeare Anniversary Committee to plan the American celebration of the Shakespeare Quadricentennial 1967 Received Doctor of Letters degree from Bates College Mr. Dodson's plays have been performed by theatre groups throughout this country and in England. His poems, plays and fiction have been translated into French, Polish, Italian, Japanese and Norwegian. From the guide to the Owen Vincent Dodson Papers, 1930-1968, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)

eng

Latn


Cite

External Related CPF

https://viaf.org/viaf/57418997


Cite

https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85137047


Cite

https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n85137047


Cite

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7114452


Cite

Other Entity IDs (Same As)

Sources

Loading ...

Resource Relations

Loading ...

Internal CPF Relations

Loading ...

Languages Used

Subjects

Theater


Cite

African American authors


Cite

African American authors


Cite

African American college teachers


Cite

Authors, American


Cite

Authors, American


Cite

Drama festivals


Cite

Prompt-book


Cite

Sopranos (Singers)


Cite

Workshops (Seminars)


Cite

Nationalities

Activities

Occupations

African American poets


Cite

Male dramatists


Cite

Legal Statuses

Places

Washington (D.C.)

as recorded (not vetted)


View GeoPlace

AssociatedPlace


Cite

Convention Declarations

<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>


Cite

General Contexts

Structure or Genealogies

Mandates

Options

Information
Collection Locations Basic View Revision History Source Summary
Visualizations
Connection Graph Radial Graph
Export As
JSON EAC-CPF XML

Identity Constellation Identifier(s)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v69rjb

w6v69rjb

57430661