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Sonia Sanchez

Sonia Sanchez was an American playwright, poet, peace activist, writer and screenwriter (born 1934). She was born at Birmingham.

Also recorded as Wilsonia Driver; Sonia Sánchez; Sonja Sanchez.

Overview

Recorded at birth as Wilsonia Bonita Driver.

Born at Birmingham in 1934.

Identity and origins

Sonia Sanchez was recorded at birth as Wilsonia Bonita Driver. The authorities additionally record the headings Wilsonia Driver, Sonia Sánchez and Sonja Sanchez. Her recorded language was English.

She was the child of Wilson L. Driver.

Recognition and collections

Sonia Sanchez received American Book Awards, Langston Hughes Medal, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Shelley Memorial Award, Pew Fellowship in the Arts and honorary degree from Spelman College.

Catalogued works

33 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1969 to 1999. The first 12 are listed here.

Liberation poem. SOS/Calling All Black People. Black Panther: the revolutionary art of Emory Douglas. Things Fall Apart with Connections. Uh huh, but how do it free us? The Bronx is next. Sister son/ji. Malcolm/man don't live here no mo. I'm black when I'm singing, I'm blue when I ain't. Dirty hearts. Three hundred and sixty degrees of blackness comin [sic] at you. The whiskey of our discontent.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Sanchez, Sonia, African American Studies Center, 2005. Sanchez, Sonia, African American Studies Center, 2009. Sanchez, Sonia, African American Studies Center, 2001. Sanchez, Sonia, African American Studies Center, 2013.

In detail

Sonia Sanchez studied at Howard University and Hunter College. the recorded working language is English.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Philadelphia. Employment is recorded with Temple University and University of Pittsburgh. Membership is recorded of Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Distinctions recorded are American Book Awards, Langston Hughes Medal, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and Shelley Memorial Award.

Chronology

  1. 1934Sonia Sanchez born at Birmingham.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Sonia Sanchez”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3307926: Sonia Sanchez

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