Amiri Baraka

 

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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 Awardformerly known as the Beyond Margins Award in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone

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Amiri Baraka

Born 1934-10-07 (91 years ago) in Newark.

Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
American Book Awards (Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music) 2010 Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music
Beyond Margins Award (Tales of the Out & the Gone) 2008 Tales of the Out & the Gone
American Book Awards (Black Thunder: An Anthology of African-American Drama) 1992 Black Thunder: An Anthology of African-American Drama
American Book Awards (Anthology of African American Women) 1984 Anthology of African American Women
Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada 1965
Obie Award for Best New American Play (Dutchman) 9th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards 1964 Dutchman
Relationships
Name From To Relationship type
Amina Baraka(Gifta: 1966-08–2014-01-09) 1966-08 2014-01-09 Gifta
Hettie Jones(Gifta: 1958-10-13–1965-08) 1958-10-13 1965-08 Gifta
Children

Lisa Jones, Ras Baraka, Kellie Jones, Shani Baraka, Obalaji Baraka, Amiri Baraka Jr., Dominque DiPrima, Ahi Baraka, Maria Jones

Parents

Coyt Leverette Jones, Anna Lois Jones

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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 Awardformerly known as the Beyond Margins Award in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.

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