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Jean Toomer 1894-1967, American writer, b. Washington, D.C., as Nathan Eugene Toomer. A major figure of the Harlem Renaissance, he is known for one work, Cane (1923), a collection of stories, poems, and sketches about black life in rural Georgia and the urban North.

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Toomer, Jean (1894–1967), black author, born in Washington, D.C., after graduation from New York University (1918) wrote Cane (1923), a miscellany of stories, verses, and a drama concerned with the emotional life of black people. His other books are Essentials (1931), aphorisms, and Portage Potential (1932). The Wayward and the Seeking (1980) is a selection from his writings, and his Collected Poems was issued in 1988.

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