Arna Bontemps

Arna Bontemps
Bontemps, 1938
BornArna Wendell Bontemps
(1902-10-13)October 13, 1902
Alexandria, Louisiana,
Occupation
  • Poet
  • novelist
  • librarian
EducationPacific Union College
Period1924–1973

Arna Wendell Bontemps (/bɒnˈtɒm/ bon-TOM) (October 13, 1902 – June 4, 1973) was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance.