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Nikki Giovanni

Acting

Born June 7, 1943 · Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Died December 9, 2024

Also known as Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr · Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. · Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr.

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Awards & recognition

  • Robert Frost Medal · 2025
  • Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize · 2022
  • American Book Awards · 2008
  • Carl Sandburg Literary Award · 2007
  • NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction · 2003
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  • Black Literary Hall of Fame · 1998
  • Langston Hughes Medal · 1996
  • Ohio Women's Hall of Fame · 1985
  • Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year · 1973
  • Virginia Women in History

Filmography5 titles

Reading Rainbow

1983as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Amazing Nina Simone

2015as Self

Love Life

2020as Nikki Giovanni

The ABCs of Book Banning

2024as Self

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

2023as Self