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Full Name: Helene Johnson
Biography:
(1906-1995) Poet. Helene Johnson and her cousin, novelist Dorothy West, moved to Harlem, Manhattan, New York, in 1927. Her literary work appears mostly in the magazines "Opportunity," the "Messenger," the "Saturday Evening Quill," and "Vanity Fair."
Author's Timeline:
1906 (Unknown) County
Helen (Helene) Johnson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1906. 
1929 (Unknown) County
Remember Not
(Pub: The Saturday Evening Quill. ISBN: )
Poem. 
1929 (Unknown) County
Invocation
(Pub: The Saturday Evening Quill. ISBN: )
Poem. 
1927 (Unknown) County
Poem
(Pub: Published in "Caroling Dusk" edited by Countee Cullen. ISBN: )
Poem. 
1927 New York County
Johnson moved to Harlem, Manhattan, New York, in 1927. She attended Columbia University. 
1995 New York County
Helene Johnson lived in Manhattan, New York and died there in 1995. 
1925 (Unknown) County
My Race
(Pub: Opportunity. ISBN: )
Poem. 
1923 (Unknown) County
Bottled
(Pub: Published in "Negro Poets And Their Poems" edited by Robert T. Kerlin. ISBN: )
Poem. 
1926 (Unknown) County
The Road
(Pub: Opportunity. ISBN: )
Poem. 
1923 New York County
Sonnet To A Negro In Harlem
(Pub: Published in "Negro Poets And Their Poems" edited by Robert T. Kerlin. ISBN: )
Poem. 
1934 (Unknown) County
Plea Of A Plebeian
(Pub: Opportunity. ISBN: )
Poem. 
1934 (Unknown) County
Monotone
(Pub: Opportunity. ISBN: )
Poem. 
2000 (Unknown) County
This Waiting for Love: Helene Johnson, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance
(Pub: Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN: )
Collection of poetry, edited by Verner D. Mitchell. 
? Westchester County
Johnson worked for Consumers Union in Mount Vernon, New York, for several years. 
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