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=__**Authors of the Harlem Renaissance**__=

THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AUTHORS ARE:

Wallace Thurman wrote __The Blacker the Berry__ in 1929, __Infants of the Spring__ in 1932, and __Interne__ in 1932. These novels focused on the struggle to maintain African culture.

Claude McKay wrote __Home to Harlem__ in 1927, __Banjo__ in 1929, __Gingertown__ in 1931, and __Banana Bottom__ 1933. These novels focused Harlem's identity as a hometown.

Richard Bruce Nugent wrote __Pope Pius the Only__ in 1937. His novel focused on black interactions with their surrounding culture.

Langston Hughes wrote __Not Without Laughter__ in 1930. His novel focused on the social aspects of black culture. He took a personal look at black life during the harlem renaissance.

Zora Neale Hurston wrote __Jonah's Gourd Vine__ in 1934, and __Their Eyes Were Watching God__ in 1937. Her novels focused on the plight of African Americans during the harlem renaissance and attributed their strength of character to their struggles in life.

OTHER NOTABLE AUTHORS ARE:

Sherwood Anderson wrote his novel __Dark Laughter__ in 1925.

Jessie Redmon Fauset wrote __There is Confusion__ in 1924, __Plum Bun__ in 1929, __The Chinaberry Tree__ in 1931, and __Comedy, American Style__ in 1933.

Rudolph Fisher wrote __The Walls of Jericho__ in 1928 and __The Conjure-Man Dies__ in 1932.

Nella Larsen wrote __Quicksand__ in 1928, and __Passing__ in 1929

George Schuyler wrote __Black No More__ in 1930 and __Slaves Today__ 1931.

Jean Toomer wrote __Cane__ in 1923.

Carl Van Vechten wrote __Nigger Heaven__ in 1926.

Eric Walrond wrote __Tropic Death__ in 1926.

Walter White wrote __The Fire in the Flint__ in 1924, and __Flight__ in 1926.

Richard Wright wrote __Uncle Toms Children__ in 1938.

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