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Claude Mckay was born in Jamaica in 1889 and was educated by his brother who owned a collection of English novels, textbooks, and poetry. At the age of twenty, he published a book of verse titled Songs of Jamaica, these songs reflected his life in Jamaica.
Claude Mcaky had come to the U.S. to attend Tuskegee Institute, but he only studied there for a few months, and soon moved on to Kansas State University.
In 1917 he had published two sonnets; "The Harlem Dancer" and "Invocation," he later used the same form to describe the hardships of being an African American in America. Later, he added romance from his Jamaican life into his pieces, using a passionate language.
Later in life he gained an interest in Communism and traveled to Russia. There he met Edna St. Vincent Millay and Lewis Sinclair, he then moved back to the America and lost interest in Communism and instead turned his attention to the spiritual teachings of great Harlem Writers. Soon after, he converted to Catholicism.
Because of his experience and great poetic writings, he gained the respect of many young poets, such as Langston Hughes. Mckay died in 1948.
Claude Mcaky had come to the U.S. to attend Tuskegee Institute, but he only studied there for a few months, and soon moved on to Kansas State University.
In 1917 he had published two sonnets; "The Harlem Dancer" and "Invocation," he later used the same form to describe the hardships of being an African American in America. Later, he added romance from his Jamaican life into his pieces, using a passionate language.
Later in life he gained an interest in Communism and traveled to Russia. There he met Edna St. Vincent Millay and Lewis Sinclair, he then moved back to the America and lost interest in Communism and instead turned his attention to the spiritual teachings of great Harlem Writers. Soon after, he converted to Catholicism.
Because of his experience and great poetic writings, he gained the respect of many young poets, such as Langston Hughes. Mckay died in 1948.