Provided by Wikipedia Edwin DuBose Heyward (August 31, 1885 – June 16, 1940) was an American author best known for his 1925 novel ''Porgy''. He and his wife Dorothy, a playwright, adapted it as a 1927 play of the same name. The couple worked with composer George Gershwin to adapt the work as the 1935 opera ''Porgy and Bess''. It was later adapted as a 1959 film of the same name.
