April 13, 1891 - March 30, 1964
Née Nellie Walker. Daughter of an Afro-Caribbean immigrant from the Danish West Indies and of a Danish immigrant.
She belongs to the Harlem Renaissance mouvement.
she published two novels : Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929)
Sources - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nella_Larsen#Books