Tuesday, April 21, 2026
OBSCURE POET
HELENE JOHNSON. (1906-1995)
Born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Poet
Attended Boston University & Columbia University
Became part of the Harlem Renaissance
Her work combines description of ghetto life and the roots of her people
Published poems n small magazines during the 1920s and early 1930s
Didn't publish any poems after the mid 1930s though she continued writing.
Affected by osteoporosis in later years
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POETS/AUTHORS BORN IN APRIL
Sir Kingsley Amis
Hans Christian Andersen
Maya Angelou
Charles Baudelaire
Tom Clancy
Louise Gluck
Etheridge Knight
Yusuf Komunyakaa
Ted Kooser
John Crow Ransom
William Shakespeare
Natasha Threthwey
Emile Zola
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