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Owen Dodson was born on 28 November, 1914 in Brooklyn, is an American poet, novelist, and playwright (1914–1983). Discover Owen Dodson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

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Born 28 November 1914
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1914

Owen Vincent Dodson (November 28, 1914 – June 21, 1983) was an American poet, novelist, and playwright.

He was one of the leading African-American poets of his time, associated with the generation of black poets following the Harlem Renaissance.

He received a fellowship from the Rosenwald Foundation for a series of one-act plays.

1932

Born in Brooklyn, New York, US, Dodson attended Thomas Jefferson High School (Brooklyn) June 1932.

1936

Studied at Bates College (B.A. 1936) and at the Yale School of Drama (M.F.A. 1939).

1940

He taught at Howard University, where he was chair of the Drama Department, from 1940 to 1970, and briefly at Spelman College and Atlanta University.

James V. Hatch has explained that Dodson "is the product of two parallel forces—the Black experience in America with its folk and urban routes, and a classical humanistic education."

Dodson's poetry varied widely and covered a broad range of subjects, styles, and forms.

He wrote at times, though rarely, in black dialect, and at others quoted and alluded to classical poetry and drama.

He wrote about religion and about sexuality—he was gay, though he was briefly engaged to Priscilla Heath, a Bates classmate.

One critic describes him as "a brilliant, gay man who discovered his sexual preference early in life, but who was nevertheless unlucky and unhappy in several ill-fated relationships."

He was closely associated with poets W. H. Auden and William Stanley Braithwaite, but his influences were difficult to pin down.

In an interview with Charles H. Rowell, he said:

In drama, he cited Henrik Ibsen as an influence, though again as an initial relationship later to be reworked and half-forgotten.

Dodson's two novels are generally considered to be autobiographical.

1983

Dodson died in 1983 from cardiovascular disease at the age of 69.

1996

Dodson is one of the subjects of Hilton Als' 1996 book The Women; according to Als, Dodson was his mentor and lover.

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