Georgia Douglas Johnson
Poet

Georgia Douglas Johnson Net Worth

Georgia Douglas Johnson was a prolific author of the Harlem Renaissance, born in Georgia in 1880. She published four collections of poetry and over two dozen plays between 1916 and 1962, with her best known works being "Calling Dreams," "To Your Eyes," and Plumes. Her works are still celebrated today for their insight into the African American experience.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day September 10, 1880
Birth Place Georgia
Age 139 YEARS OLD
Died On May 14, 1966 (age 85)
Birth Sign Virgo

💰 Net worth: $85 Million (2024)

About

Between 1916 and 1962, this Harlem Renaissance author published four collections of poetry and over two dozen plays. Her best known works include "Calling Dreams," "To Your Eyes," and Plumes.

Before Fame

After graduating from the Normal School at Atlanta University, she studied music at Ohio's Oberlin Conservatory. She published her first poetry collection, The Heart of a Woman, in 1916.

Trivia

Many of her poems were published in W.E. DuBois' The Crisis journal.

Family Life

She was raised in Georgia as a member of a family of African American and Native American heritage. Her marriage to attorney Henry Lincoln Johnson resulted in sons named Peter and Henry.

Associated With

She was among the handful of women whose work was anthologized in Harlem Renaissance author Alain Locke's work Plays of Negro Life: A Source-Book of Native American Drama.

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