What is Amiri Baraka's full name?
Everett LeRoy Jones
Amiri Baraka date of birth:
October 7, 1934
How old was Amiri Baraka when died?
79
Where was Amiri Baraka born?
Newark, New Jersey, United States
When did Amiri Baraka die?
January 9, 2014
Where did Amiri Baraka die?
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Amiri Baraka body shape:
Average
What color are Amiri Baraka's eyes?
Brown - Dark
What color is Amiri Baraka's hair?
Salt and Pepper
What is Amiri Baraka's ethnicity?
Black
What is Amiri Baraka nationality?
American
Where did Amiri Baraka go to university?
Rutgers , Columbia University , Howard University, DC , New School for Social Research
What is Amiri Baraka's occupation?
Actor, teacher, theater director/producer, writer, activist, poet
Amiri Baraka claim to fame:
Preface to a Twenty-Volume Suicide Note (1961), the theatrical triumph Dutchman (1964), the barometric essays collected in Home: Social Essays (1966), and The System of Dante`s Hell (1965)
What genre is Amiri Baraka's work?
Poetry, drama
Short Biography
Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry and 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.