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 Arna Wendell Bontemps Home - Alexandria LA Posted by:  sfwife
N 31° 18.569 W 092° 26.539
15R E 553067 N 3464035
Historical Marker outside the childhood home of Arna Bontemps.
Waymark Code: WM6K4Y
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2009
Views: 9
 Bontemps, noted black author-poet, scholar nd pioneer in children's literature, was born in Alexandria, Louisiana on October 13, 1902. he was baptized February 22, 1903 at St. Francis Xavier Caathedral. Arna, son of Paul Bismark and Marie Pembrooke Bontemps, lived in this house originally located on the corner of Ninth and Winn Streets. As a youth, he moved with his family to California. Bontemps received his B.A. degree from Pacific Union College in 1923 and his Master's Degree in library science from the University of Chicago in 1943. In 1969, he accepted a distinguished visiting professorship at Yale University. After two years, Bontemps returned to Fisk University as writer-inresidence where he served previously as chief librarian. Awards and honors: Crisis Poetry prize, 1926: Zlesander Pushkin Poetry Prize, 1926, 1927; Opportunity short story prize, 1932; Julius Rosenwald Fellow, 1938-39, 1943-43; Gugenheim Fellowship for creative writing, 1949-50; Newberry Honor Book, 1949; Jane Addams Children's Book Award, 1956; Dow Award, Society of Midland Authors, 1967; L.H.D. Morgan State College, 1969; Louisiana Black Hall of Fame, LSU-A, 1987. Bontemps died June 4, 1973 in his home in Nashville, TN.~~marker text
The pretty little house is now the home of the Arna Bontemps African American Museum.
Link to more information:: [Web Link]
Marker Name: Arna Wendell Bontemps Home
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Building
Parish: Rapides
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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