Jean Toomer

Jean Toomer was born in 1894 in Washington, D.C. When Jean was younger he refused to be classified by his race which translated into his work in literature. Jean often wrote about how African Americans have been portrayed in America. In 1922, Toomer moved to Sparta, Georgia where he was a school principle. Here is where he would start writing about African American experience. Here he also published his most infamous work, "Cane" which was a book involving a variety of short stories and poems. He has been known as one of the most influential writes of the Harlem Renaissance from his work in Cane. However, after writing Cane, Toomer was not really published all that much and his career ended dying. He continued to write up until 1950 but nothing being as well known as Cane.