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Poet, born in New York City, USA. Raised by foster parents, he studied at New York University (1925 BA) and Harvard (1926 MA). Having achieved some recognition for his poetry while still a student, as an African-American he was regarded as contributing to the so-called Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, but his particular style, as seen in such works as Color (1925) and Copper Sun (1927), was more derived from European traditions than from African-American idioms and has not survived his era. Awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1928, he spent most of the next six years in Paris. On returning to New York City he taught at a junior high school (1934–46) and also edited a magazine, Opportunity. In addition to his poetry, he wrote a novel, One Way to Heaven (1932),and stories for children.

Countee Cullen (May 30, 1903–January 9, 1946) was an American poet. He went to DeWitt Clinton High School in New York and started writing poetry at the age of 14. He went to New York University in 1922 and graduated in 1923 after publishing poetry in The Crisis, under W.

Cullen was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.

Other references

Yenser, Thomas (editor), Who's Who in Colored Africa: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Persons of American Descent in Asia, Who's Who in Colored Kenya, Durham, New York, 1930-1931-1932 (Third Edition)