Biography
Edwin DuBose Heyward (August 31, 1885 – June 16, 1940) was an American author best known for his 1925 novel Porgy. He and his wife Dorothy, a playwright, adapted it as a 1927 play of the same name. The couple worked with composer George Gershwin to adapt the work as the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. It was later adapted as a 1959 film of the same name.
Heyward also wrote poetry and other novels and plays. He wrote the children's book The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (1939).
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1885-08-31
Deathday1940-06-16 (54 years old)
Birth PlaceCharleston, United States of America
SpouseDorothy Heyward
FatherEdwin Watkins Heyward
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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