Amiri Baraka
(1934-2014)
African-American writer
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Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), 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.
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Everett LeRoy Jones 7 October 1934 Newark, New Jersey, USA
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9 January 2014 (aged 79) Newark, New Jersey, USA
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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