Edwin DuBose Heyward (August 31, 1885 – June 16, 1940) was an American author best known for his 1925 novel Porgy. He and his wife Dorothy, a playwright, adapted it as a 1927 play of the same name. The couple worked with composer George Gershwin to adapt the work as the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. It was later adapted as a 1959 film of the same name. Heyward also wrote poetry and other novels and plays. He wrote the children's book The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (1939).
DuBose Heyward
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Di︠u︡ Boz Kheĭuord, ДюБос Хэйард, Du Bose Heyward, and 10 others
Dû Boz Hejuord, Di͡u Boz Kheĭuord, Edwin DuBose Heyward, DuBose Heyward, Heyward Du Bose, Хейуорд Дю Боза, ド・ボーズ ヘイワード, Heyward, Dju Boze Chejuord, Diu Boz Kheiuord - Born:
- Aug. 31, 1885
- Died:
- June 16, 1940
