Amiri Baraka

Writing

Born October 7, 1934 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died January 9, 2014

Also known as Everett Leroy Jones · LeRoi Jones · Imamu Amear Baraka

Biography

Amiri Baraka, previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at several universities, including the University at Buffalo and Stony Brook University. He received the PEN/Beyond Margins Award in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone. Baraka's plays, poetry, and essays have been described by scholars as constituting defining texts for African-American culture.

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