Margaret Walker
(1915-1998)
American poet and writer
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Margaret Walker (Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander by marriage; July 7, 1915 – November 30, 1998) was an American poet and writer. She was part of the African-American literary movement in Chicago, known as the Chicago Black Renaissance. Her notable works include For My People (1942) which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition, and the novel Jubilee (1966), set in the South during the American Civil War.
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Margaret Abigail Walker 6 July 1915 Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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30 November 1998 (aged 83) Chicago, Illinois USA
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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