About Charlotte H. Bruner
Lived 1917 – 1999 (aged 82). Charlotte H. Bruner was an American translator.
Charlotte Hughes Bruner (née Johnston; May 8, 1917 – December 4, 1999) was an American scholar who was one of the first in the United States to write extensively about, and translate the work of, African women writers. She was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1997.
Biography Bruner was born on May 8, 1917, in Urbana, Illinois, to Charles Hughes Johnston and Nell Converse (née Bomar) Johnston. She graduated from University Laboratory High School in 1934. She received her undergraduate education at the University of Illinois (B.A., 1938) and her M.A. degree from Columbia University in 1939.
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American scholar
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Charlotte H. Bruner was born on 8 May 1917 in Urbana.
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Charlotte H. Bruner died on 4 December 1999.
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Charlotte H. Bruner was a translator.
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Charlotte H. Bruner was American.
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