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Dawn Powell

(1896-1965) American writer
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Dawn Powell
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Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[13]
Date of birth
November 28, 1896
Date of death
November 14, 1965
Place of birth
Mount Gilead
Place of death
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
writer, journalist, novelist, short story writer, playwright
Educated at
Lake Erie College[12]
Genre
screenplay, book review[14][15]
Official website
www.dawnpowell.org[20]
Cause of death
colorectal cancer[17]
Work location
New York City[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[24]
Archives at
Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Columbia University)[16]
Described by source
American Women Writers[23]
End of work period
1962[27]
Family name
Powell[18]
Given name
Dawn[19]
Manner of death
natural causes[22]
Name in native language
Dawn Powell[25]
Place of burial
City Cemetery[10]
Start of work period
1925[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dawn Powell ar داون باول fa داون پاول ja ドーン・パウエル ru Пауэлл, Дон (писательница) ru Возвращение в Сорренто ru Вернись в Сорренто (фильм 2010) ru Дон Пауэлл ru Пауэлл, Дон uk Дон Пауелл
🔖 Identifiers · 47
ISNI
0000000108611306
VIAF cluster ID
62882
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n88179064
GND ID
119327368
American Academy in Rome ID
12434104
American National Biography ID
1603409
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/58333
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
PowellDawn
Babelio author ID
8039
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12227992v
Described at URL
www.npr.org
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Dawn-Powell
Show all 47 identifiers +35
FAST ID
254493
FemBio ID
22367
Film.ru person ID
dawn-powell
Freebase ID
/m/05j5mz
HAND ID
6E78-0300-0CD3-8C1E-A6D7
Harper's tag
dawn-powell
IMDb ID
nm0694086
IdRef ID
030970350
Internet Broadway Database person ID
5025
J9U entity ID
987007277428405171
KBR person ID
14272310
Kinobox person ID
897839
Kinopoisk person ID
365284
LOA ID
87
Libraries Australia ID
35725589
Libris-URI
dbqswp7x393hvxd
NL CR AUT ID
jn20020129003
NLA Trove people ID
1059686
NNDB people ID
243/000113901
NUKAT ID
n2006117708
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000494662
National Library of Latvia ID
000306488
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1220582
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073231711
Obálky knih ID
jn20020129003
Open Library ID
OL6274279A
Open Plaques subject ID
4824
SBN author ID
TO0V369001
SELIBR ID
263998
SNAC ARK ID
w6k93nbp
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
3621
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1129957
WikiTree person ID
Powell-27193
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJy8kYwqC3Bb9tyRqxYkjC
Yale LUX ID
person/f2ae1c0c-1bd6-430f-b022-7ca4be9a1159

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
writer, journalist, novelist, short story writer
Genre 2
screenplay, book review
Cause of death 1
colorectal cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Powell
Given name 1
Dawn
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Mount Gilead
Place of death 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Dawn Powell was born on November 28, 1896[1], in Mount Gilead[2]. She died on November 14, 1965[3], in New York City[4]. She worked as a writer[5], journalist[6], novelist[7], short story writer[8], and playwright[9].

FAQs

Where was Dawn Powell born?

Dawn Powell's place of birth was Mount Gilead[2].

Where did Dawn Powell die?

Dawn Powell passed away in New York City[4].

What did Dawn Powell do for work?

Dawn Powell worked as a writer[5], journalist[6], novelist[7], short story writer[8], and playwright[9].

Where did Dawn Powell go to school?

Dawn Powell was educated at Lake Erie College[12].

Related Entities

New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . American Women Writers. wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work location → New York City
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65839: Import places from GND"
  2. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65768: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  3. 26d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → dawn-powell
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: dawn-powell, Matched to dawn powell (#289918941) in Harper's tag"
  4. 26d ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #60914: add P1810 to P396"
  5. 29d ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → TO0V369001
    HAND ID → 6E78-0300-0CD3-8C1E-A6D7
    "Created claim: SBN author ID: TO0V369001, Matched to Dawn Powell (#326924293) in SBN persons with d…"
  6. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Dawn
    Instance of → human
    Sex or gender → female
    Cause of death → colorectal cancer
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32085: import P21 and P106 from GND (27)"
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