Richard Bruce Nugent (also known as Richard Bruce and Bruce Nugent) (July 2, 1906 - May 27, 1987) was a gay^[1] writer and painter in the Harlem Renaissance. He was born in Washington, DC to a prominent African American family. Spending a large part of his life in New York City, he died in Hoboken, New Jersey. is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... The Harlem Renaissance(also known as the Black Literary Renaissance and The New Negro Movement) refers to the flowering of African American cultural and intellectual life during the 1920s and 1930s. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Map of New Jersey highlighting Hoboken Image of Hoboken taken by NASA (red line shows where Hoboken is). ...

He was the first African American to publish a story (Smoke, Lilies, and Jade) that featured unabashedly homosexual characters and desires. This story appeared in the first and only issue of the art magazine Fire!!. He collaborated on this story with other authors. Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... Fire!! is an African American literary magazine published in 1926 during the Harlem Renaissance. ...

He is a principal character in the 2004 film Brother to Brother. Brother to Brother is a film written and directed by Rodney Evans and released in 2004. ...

In 2002 Duke University Press released Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance: Selections from the Work of Richard Bruce Nugent which included examples of his writing and artwork. Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ...

He was a contemporary of Langston Hughes, Aaron Douglas, Wallace Thurman and Zora Neale Hurston. Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. ... Power Plant, Harlem by Aaron Douglas in oil, 1939. ... Wallace Henry Thurman (1902-1934) was an African American novelist during the Harlem Renaissance. ... Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. ...

External Links

• The Fire!! Press
• Thomas H. Wirth's Richard Bruce Nugent site

References

1. ^ Aldrich, Robert & Wotherspoon, Garry (2001), Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History, Routledge, p. 287, ISBN 0415159822