Toomer, Jean (orig. Nathan Eugene Toomer)

1894 – He was born on the 26th of December this year in Washington, D.C.

1923 – He published the novel, Cane, an important work of High Modernism.

1926 – He went to France to attend the Gurdjieff Institute and was associated with G. I. Gurdjieff until 1935.

1930 – He found it harder and harder to get published throughout this year.

1940 – He wrote a small amount of fiction and published essays in Quaker publications during this time, but devoted most of his time to serving on Quaker committees.

1950 – He stopped writing literary works after this year.

1967 – He died on the 30th day of March this year.