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Jean Toomer

Jean ToomerAKA Nathan Pinchback Toomer

Born: 26-Dec-1894
Birthplace: Washington, DC
Died: 30-Mar-1967
Location of death: Doylestown, PA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Quaker
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Cane

Father: Nathan Toomer
Mother: Nina Pinchback (daughter of P. B. S. Pinchback)
Slept with: Margaret Naumberg Frank (wife of Waldo Frank)
Wife: Margery Latimer (descendant of John Cotton, m. Oct-1931, d. 16-Aug-1932, during childbirth)
Daughter: Margery (b. 16-Aug-1932)
Slept with: Georgia O'Keeffe
Wife: Marjorie Content (m. Sep-1934)

    University: University of Wisconsin
    University: City College of New York
    University: University of Chicago
    University: Gurdjieff Institute, France (meditation and etc.)

Author of books:
Cane (1923, novel)
Essentials (1931, aphorisms)
Portage Potential (1932)
The Wayward and the Seeking (1980, anthology)
The Collected Poems of Jean Toomer (1988, poetry)



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