DuBose Heyward
American
American author most notable for his 1925 novel Porgy, based on African-American life in Charleston. DuBose Heyward and his wife Dorthy adapted the novel into a play Porgy (1927). DuBose then worked with George Gershwin to create the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. Samual Goldwyn made a film version in 1959. - AsNotedIn