Amiri Baraka
Writing•Born October 7, 1934•Died January 9, 2014 (age 79)•Newark, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones October 7, 1934), formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, is an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and has taught at a number of universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received the PEN Open Book Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award, in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.
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DepartmentWriting
BirthdayOctober 7, 1934
Day of DeathJanuary 9, 2014
Place of BirthNewark, New Jersey, USA
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