Nella Larsen’s Death – Cause and Date
Born (Birthday) April 13, 1891
Death Date March 30, 1964
Age of Death 72 years
Cause of Death Heart Attack
Profession Novelist
The novelist Nella Larsen died at the age of 72. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
An American novelist of Danish and African descent, she was a minor figure in the Harlem Renaissance. In the 1920s, she published two novels: Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929). The latter work is noteworthy for its ahead-of-its time examination of the gray area of sexual and racial identity.
She married physicist Elmer Imes in 1919. The couple divorced in 1933.
Quotes
"“For a long time, Nella Larsen was the mystery woman of the Harlem Renaissance. In the late 1920s, she published two sophisticated novels, ‘Quicksand’ and ‘Passing,’ and then her writing life came to an end. She died in obscurity in 1964.” (Darryl Pinckney)