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d. 1947
A little-known early 20th-century writer and performer, she moved between poetry, fiction, visual art, and the stage. Her work stands out for its range and for the way it carried stories, songs, and craft traditions to wider audiences.
Born in Alabama around 1875, Lucine Finch was a dramatist, graphic artist, magazine storywriter, and poet. She built a varied creative life and is also associated with performances of slave narratives and songs presented around the United States.
Finch wrote across genres rather than staying in just one lane. Sources connected with her life and papers describe published poems, articles, and books, including Two in Arcadia, and show that her work appeared in the early 1900s.
She died on April 26, 1947. Although she is not widely known today, the record that remains suggests an artist with unusual breadth—someone interested in literature, performance, and visual expression at the same time.