Amiri Baraka
Writing
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Born
October 7, 1934
Died
January 9, 2014(age 79)
Birthplace
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Gender
Male
Also known as
Everett Leroy JonesLeRoi JonesImamu Amear BarakaLeRoy Jones-BarakaAmeer Baraka
Biography
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 Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award, in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.
