| 词条 | May Miller |
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| name = May Miller | image = | caption = | birth_date = January 26, 1899 | birth_place = Washington, D.C. | death_date = February 8, 1995 (aged 96) | death_place = Washington, D.C. | occupation = Poet and playwright | movement = Harlem Renaissance | genre = | notableworks= }}May Miller (January 26, 1899 – February 8, 1995)[1] was an African-American poet, playwright and educator. Miller became known as the most widely published female playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, with seven published volumes of poetry during her career as a writer.[2] Early yearsMay Miller was born in Washington, D.C., to Kelly and Anna May Miller, one of the Millers' five children. Kelly Miller, born shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation, was the first African-American student to attend Johns Hopkins University, and later became one of the pioneers of sociology.[3] CareerMiller began writing poetry at an early age, buying a pair of earrings with her first earnings.[3] While attending Dunbar High School Miller studied under the writers Mary P. Burrill and Angelina Weld Grimke.[3] She began attending Howard University at the age of 16 in 1916. While attending college, Miller developed an interest in promoting and performing plays written by African American writers.[4] She graduated in 1920, where she then won an award for her play Within the Shadows.[2] May Miller's entry into the cultural scene of the Harlem Renaissance began with the publishing of her play The Bog Guide in 1925. Her work claimed third place in the play category for Opportunity magazine's Literary Prize Contest in 1925.[5] Miller sought through her writing to portray black people with a level of respect and dignity that had been absent in drama. Inspired by the work of the Chicago Imagists and Archibald Macleish, Miller turned her writing towards poetry in the 1940s.[6] In the 1970s, she publicly read her poetry at several high-profile celebrations, including the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter in 1977.[4] Miller did graduate work in poetry and drama at American University and Columbia University, followed by twenty years teaching English and speech at Frederick Douglass High School, in Baltimore, Maryland.[7] Miller also lectured at Monmouth College, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and Phillips Exeter Academy.[8] Selected works
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References1. ^"May Miller." Britannica.com. Retrieved October 20, 2013. 2. ^1 "Playwright May Miller, born January 26, 1899." www.aaregistry.org. Retrieved April 23, 2017. 3. ^1 2 Sklarew, Myra. "May Miller (January 26, 1899 - February 8, 1995)." www.washingtonart.com, May 30, 2003. Retrieved October 20, 2013. 4. ^1 {{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/212958020|title=Encyclopedia of African American women writers|last=Page|first=Yolanda Williams|date=|publisher=Greenwood Press|others=|year=2007|isbn=9780313049071|location=Westport, CT|pages=406-407|oclc=212958020}} 5. ^"Black Renaissance in D.C. Timeline - 1925." www.dclibrary.org. Retrieved October 20, 2013. 6. ^"May Miller." www.bookrags.com. Retrieved October 20, 2013. 7. ^Patton, Venetria K., and Maureen Honey. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4VpCdETAehAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Double+Take#PPA419,M1 Double Take: A Revisionist Harlem Renaissance Anthology.] {{ISBN|0813529301}} Google Books. Retrieved October 20, 2013. 8. ^"May Miller." www.answers.com. Retrieved October 20, 2013. External links
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