Clarissa Scott Delany, neeClarissa Mae Scott (1901–1927) was an African-American poet, essayist, educator and social worker associated with the Harlem Renaissance.[1]
Clarissa Mae Scott, from the cover of The Crisis (July 1923)
^Moskowitz, Sam (2021-04-01). "Samuel 'Chip' Delany, Author and Genius". Village Preservation. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
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Works by Clarissa Scott Delany at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
January 01, 1970
clarissa, scott, delany, clarissa, scott, 1901, 1927, african, american, poet, essayist, educator, social, worker, associated, with, harlem, renaissance, clarissa, scott, from, cover, crisis, july, 1923, contents, life, works, poems, essays, references, extern. Clarissa Scott Delany nee Clarissa Mae Scott 1901 1927 was an African American poet essayist educator and social worker associated with the Harlem Renaissance 1 Clarissa Mae Scott from the cover of The Crisis July 1923 Contents 1 Life 2 Works 2 1 Poems 2 2 Essays 3 References 4 External linksLife editClarissa Mae Scott was the daughter of Emmett Jay Scott secretary to Booker T Washington and Elenor Baker Scott She was born and grew up in Tuskegee Alabama and was educated at Bradford Academy and Wellesley College joining Delta Sigma Theta 2 and graduating with Phi Beta Kappa honors in 1923 After travelling in France and Germany she taught for three years at Dunbar High School in Washington D C While in Washington she attended Georgia Douglas Johnson s literary salon the Saturday Nighters Club 3 Scott s four published poems are unusual in that she does not discuss specific struggles but speaks more allegorically Her work was positively received by Alice Dunbar Nelson Angeline Weld Grimke and W E B Du Bois 2 In 1926 Scott married the attorney Hubert Thomas Delany and they moved to New York City She worked as a social worker collecting statistics for a Study of Delinquent and Neglected Negro Children in New York City with the National Urban League and the Women s City Club In 1927 she died of kidney disease 3 after experiencing six months of a streptococcal infection 2 American author professor and literary critic Samuel R Delany is her nephew 4 Works editPoems edit Solace in Opportunity A Journal of Negro Life 1925 Joy in Opportunity A Journal of Negro Life 1926 The Mask in Palms 1926 Interim in Countee Cullen ed Caroling Dusk An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets 1927 Essays edit A Golden Afternoon in Germany in Opportunity A Journal of Negro LifeReferences edit Eleanor Dore Clarissa M Scott Delany 1901 1927 dclibrary org Accessed May 21 2013 a b c Roses Lorraine Elena Ruth Elizabeth Randolph January 1 1990 Harlem Renaissance and beyond literary biographies of 100 Black women writers 1900 1945 Boston Mass G K Hall ISBN 0816189269 a b Gates Henry Louis Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham 2009 Harlem Renaissance Lives From the African American National Biography Oxford University Press pp 154 6 ISBN 978 0 19 538795 7 Retrieved May 21 2013 Moskowitz Sam 2021 04 01 Samuel Chip Delany Author and Genius Village Preservation Retrieved 2022 03 09 External links editWorks by Clarissa Scott Delany at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clarissa Scott Delany amp oldid 1201155097, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
