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heyward, dubose

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Hey·ward   (hā'wərd)   
American writer whose novel Porgy (1925) and its dramatization (1927) became the basis of George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess.
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Heyward, DuBose

American novelist, dramatist, and poet whose first novel, Porgy (1925), was the basis for a highly successful play, an opera, and a motion picture

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