Sterling Allen Brown - Definition and Overview

Sterlin Allen Brown was an influential African-American teacher, literary critic, and poet whose poetry was rooted in folklore sources and black dialect.

Major works include

• "Southern Road" (original poetry)
• "Negro Poetry" (criticism)
• "Drama and The Negro in American Fiction" (criticism)

He spent most of his career at Howard University.

Born May 1, 1901, Washington, D.C., U.S. died January 13, 1989, Takoma Park, Md. educated at Williams College, (A.B., 1922), and Harvard University (A.M., 1923).

External links

• Sterling A. Brown at Modern America Poetry (http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brown/brown.htm)
• Sterling A. Brown at The Academy of American Poets (http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=207)