Jean+Toomer

//**Jean Toomer**//
//**By: Kenneth Hunter**//

== Jean Toomer was born in 1897 in Washington D.C. Later in his life, when his mother remarried, he moved to New Rochelle, New York. During this time in his life, Jean attended an all white school. He later returned to Washington D.C. after the death of his mother. He then attended an all black high school. Once he graduated, he renounced all his racial ties and attempted to live not as a member of a race but as an American citizen. == == Shortly after this time in his life, Jean met Waldo Frank who introduced Jean to many fellow writers. This helped Jean become friends with many of the people in these literary circles. Some of these people include Hart Crane and Sherwood Anderson. Between 1918 and 1923 Jean Toomer wrote some short stories, two plays, and several poems like "Conversion" and "Gum". Even after 1935 Jean was still a writer first and a philosopher second. In 1940 Jean joined the Society of Friends. Jean Toomer died in 1967 due to complications from an illness he had in 1957.==

=="Jean Toomer's Life and Career." //Welcome to English « Department of English, College of LAS, University of Illinois//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. .==