Although Dorothy and DuBose Heyward separately published works of poetry, fiction, and drama dealing with a variety of subjects, perhaps their most significant legacy remains the advancement in the de...
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DuBose Heyward, known primarily as "the man who wrote Porgy," is less remembered than the title character of his most famous piece of fiction. Nevertheless, he is considered an important figure in twe...
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It was in the late 1910s and early 1920s that DuBose Heyward seriously began to pursue writing poetry and having it published. By the time of his death in 1940, however, he had given it up for novels ...
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DuBose Heyward was a writer and dramatist who is chiefly remembered for his collaboration with his wife Dorothy Heyward on the opera Porgy and Bess.Dorothy and DuBose Heyward are known primarily for t...
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