Count Cullen, was one among many in a lifetime of achievement. He has received numerous awards and has been recognized for much of his work. Cullen was a very good writer throughout his career. Cullen was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, a literary movement associated with African American writers in New York in the 1920s. Although he was primarily a poet who wrote in standard forms, Cullen also wrote a novel, plays, and children's literature. Earl Cullen was born on May 30, 1903. Earl Cullen was very private about his life. According to sources he was born in Louisville Kentucky or Baltimre and was given the name Countee Leroy Lucas at birth. Cullen's mother's name was Elizabeth Lucas. In 1918 Cullen was sent to live with his paternal grandmother Elizabeth Porter in Harlem, New York. Earl Cullen was unofficially adopted by Frederick Asbury Cullen, a minister at the Salem Methodist Episcopal Church in Harlem, and his wife Carolyn Belle Cullen. Cullen attended De Witt Clinton High School. He was the chairman of the senior publications committee. In high school he edited the school's weekly newspaper, The Clinton News, the school's literary magazine, and The Magpie. (Cullen 1). Earl Cullen attended New York University earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from 1922 to 1925. He was also elected to Phi Betta Kappa. From 1925 to 1926 Cullen earned his master's degree in English from Harvard University. In 1928, Earl Cullen married Yolande Du Bois, the daughter of WEB Du Bois. They lived in France on a Guggenheim scholarship. In 1930, Count Cullen and Yolande separated and eventually divorced. The marriage lasted only a year. In 1934, Cullen took a position as a teacher of French and English at Frederick Douglass Junior Hig...... middle of paper ......e. For many years after his death, Count Cullen's reputation was eclipsed by that of other Harlem Renaissance writers, notably Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, and his work was out of print. In recent years, however, there has been a resurgence of interest in Cullen's life and work and his writings have been reprinted. Works Cited Beetz Kirk H. "Countee Cullen." Research Guide to Biography & Criticism 5. (1991): 202. Completed collection of biographies. web May 7, 2014."Cullen Countee." Online information search about world books. Book of the World, 2014. web. April 28, 2014. Cullen, County. “The Too-Short Career of Countee Cullen” The New Criterion. April 2013. 24. Lawlor, William T. Countee Cullen. Salem: Salem Press, September 2006. “Williams, Jasmine.” Countee Cullen: A Renaissance Poet." The New York Amsterdam News April 1, 2012, SEC. In class: 28 Print.