West, Dorothy, 1907?-1998
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West, a writer, was born in Boston. Her father had been a slave as a child and became a successful businessman. West began writing at 7 and first won a prize for a story at the age of 20. She moved to New York and became part of the Harlem Renaissance, publishing stories in N.Y. magazines and the Daily News and in the 1930s, editing Challenge and New Challenge, black literary quarterlies. She visited the U.S.S.R. with a group of black writers in 1933. Her novel, The Living is Easy, was published in 1948 and reprinted by The Feminist Press in 1982. Since about 1950 she has lived on Martha's Vineyard, writing a weekly column for the Vineyard Gazette as well as novels and stories. She was interviewed for the Schlesinger Library's Black Women Oral History Project.
From the description of Papers, 1914-1985 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122521829
African American author and editor; d. 1991; sources vary on birthdate.
From the description of Dorothy West collection, 1927-1991. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969767
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From the description of Reminiscences of Dorothy West : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122631829
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Subjects:
- American literature
- American literature
- American literature
- African American authors
- African American authors
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African American women authors
- Harlem Renaissance
- Periodicals
- American literature
- American literature
- African American authors
- African Americans
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- Actresses
- African American women authors
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- Europe (as recorded)
- New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
- Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) (as recorded)
- Soviet Union (as recorded)
