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Person · 1891–1964

Nella Larsen

The novelist of racial passing and identity, and first Black woman to win a Guggenheim.

A subtle novelist of the [[harlem-renaissance]].

Nella Larsen's "Quicksand" and "Passing" probed the inner lives of light-skinned Black women navigating the color line.

The Harlem RenaissanceLiterature

On the timeline

  1. 1929
    Nella Larsen's "Passing"

    Larsen's novel of two light-skinned women on opposite sides of the color line becomes a classic of the era.

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