Paul Laurence Dunbar

American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Born June 27th, 1872 in Dayton. [ref]

Died February 9th, 1906 at 33 years old in Dayton (tuberculosis). [ref]

Occupations
novelist, playwright, poet, writer

A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson