Nella Larsen

Nella Larsen
Larsen in 1928
Born
Nellie Walker

(1891-04-13)April 13, 1891
DiedMarch 30, 1964(1964-03-30) (aged 72)
Other namesNellye Larson
Nellie Larsen
Nella Larsen Imes
EducationFisk University
University of Copenhagen
Lincoln Hospital
New York Public Library
Occupations
  • Novelist
  • librarian
  • nurse
Notable workQuicksand (1928)
Passing (1929)
MovementHarlem Renaissance
Spouse
(m. 1919; div. 1933)
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship

Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen (born Nellie Walker; April 13, 1891 – March 30, 1964) was an American novelist. Working as a nurse and a librarian, she published two novels, Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929), and a few short stories. Though her literary output was scant, she earned recognition by her contemporaries.

A revival of interest in her writing has occurred since the late 20th century, when issues of racial and sexual identity have been studied. Her works have been the subjects of numerous academic studies, and she is now widely lauded as "not only the premier novelist of the Harlem Renaissance, but also an important figure in American modernism."[1]

  1. ^ Bone, Martyn (2011), "Nella Larsen", in The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction, Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 658–659.

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