Heyward

American  

[hey-werd] / ˈheɪ wərd /

noun

1. DuBose 1885–1940, U.S. playwright, novelist, and poet.

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Example Sentences

The story began as a 1925 novel by DuBose Heyward, a Charleston, S.C., resident who sought to portray the daily lives of black South Carolinians along the city’s waterfront.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Six years later, Gershwin persuaded Heyward to help him transform it into an opera—with Heyward writing the libretto and sharing lyric duties with George’s brother, Ira.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The unlikely collaboration fused two sensibilities: Gershwin, a Jewish New Yorker steeped in classical music, Broadway and jazz; and Heyward, a white Charleston poet shaped by the post-Civil War South.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Andrew Heyward, a former CBS News president who is now a consultant, said it will be up to the new owners of CBS to maintain the program’s journalistic independence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

Take the 1935 ‘American folk opera’ Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, with lyrics by his brother Ira and playwright DuBose Heyward.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall