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Samuel W. Allen
American writer, literary scholar, and lawyer
For other people named Samuel Allen, see Samuel Allen.
Samuel Washington Allen (December 9, 1917 – June 27, 2015), sometimes publishing as Paul Vesey, was an American writer, literary scholar, and lawyer.
Samuel Washington Allen was born on December 9, 1917, in Columbus, Ohio.[1] He graduated as valedictorian of Fisk University in 1938 with an AB in sociology.[1][2] At Fisk, he studied with James Weldon Johnson.[3] He received a JD from Harvard Law School in 1941 and was drafted into the U.S.
Army in 1942.[2][3] He was an officer in the Army, which was then segregated.[4]
After World War II ended, Allen studied at The New School for a year and then went to Paris on the G.I.
Bill, studying at the Sorbonne from 1948 to 1949.[2][1][3] His first poems appeared in 1949 in Présence africaine and his