Dorothy West

Novelist

Birthday June 2, 1907

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Massachusetts

DEATH DATE Aug 16, 1998 (91)

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About

An American novelist and short story writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance, she published such works as The Living Is Easy (1948) and The Richer, The Poorer: Stories, Sketches, and Reminiscences (1995). Her 1995 work, The Wedding, was made into a television miniseries by Oprah Winfrey.

Before Fame

She began writing at the age of seven; by her mid-teens, she had won several literary contests.

Trivia

She died at the age of ninety-one.

Family Life

Her father, Isaac Christopher West, was a slave for part of his life.

Associated With

She tied with Zora Neale Hurston in a 1926 short story contest.