Date of birth: August 31, 1885
Date of death: June 16, 1940
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South Carolinan author best known for his 1925 novel *Porgy*, which gave way to a Broadway adaptation, stage opera and motion picture in later years. He told the story of his lone children's book, 1939's *The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes*, to his daughter Jenifer.

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