Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka (1934–2014) was an American poet, writer and playwright.
Also recorded as Imamu Amear Baraka; LeRoi Jones; Everett Leroy Jones; Imamu Amiri Baraka; Imamu Baraka.
Overview
Recorded at birth as Everett LeRoi Jones.
Born at Newark in 1934, died at Newark in 2014.
In detail
Amiri Baraka studied at Howard University, Columbia University and Rutgers University. the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is jazz, literature and drama. The authority associates the name with Beat Generation, Black Arts Movement and New Communist Movement.
Employment is recorded with University at Buffalo, Stony Brook University and San Francisco State University. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters and Black Arts Movement.
Works named in the authority record are Somebody Blew Up America, Dutchman and Black Fire: an Anthology of Afro-American Writing.
Work by Amiri Baraka is recorded in the collections of Michael C. Carlos Museum.
Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, Langston Hughes Medal, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and American Book Awards.
Sources
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“Amiri Baraka”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q354783: Amiri Baraka
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