Marcus Bruce Christian, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMarcus Bruce Christian
American writer
Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1900
Date of Death: 21-Nov-1976
Profession: poet
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Marcus Bruce Christian
- Marcus Bruce Christian (March 8, 1900 – November 21, 1976), was a New Negro regional poet, writer, historian and folklorist.
- The author of the collection, I Am New Orleans and Other Poems (posthumously edited by Rudolph Lewis and Amin Sharif and published by Xavier Review Press), Christian also compiled and wrote the still-unpublished manuscript, The History of The Negro in Louisiana during his stint at the Negro Federal Writers Project at Dillard University.
- After his death, his family bequeathed 256 cubic feet (7.2 m3) of his diaries, criticism, manuscripts, and scholarly papers to the University of New Orleans, where they currently reside.
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