Helene Johnson

Poet

Birthday July 7, 1906

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Massachusetts

DEATH DATE Jul 6, 1995 (88)

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About

Poet associated with the Harlem Renaissance and known for her Vanity Fair-featured poem, "Bottled." She published her last poems in a 1935 issue of Challenge: A Literary Quarterly.

Before Fame

She attended Columbia University and Boston University.

Trivia

She was a friend of author Zora Neale Hurston.

Family Life

With her husband William Hubbel, she had a daughter in 1935.

Associated With

She was influenced by the literary work of fellow Harlem Renaissance figure Langston Hughes.