Amiri 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.
Known For
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Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
Himself
The Pact
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Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
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1 P.M.
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Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
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Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
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Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine
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Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
Himself
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
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Retour à Gorée
Rastaman
Bulworth
Himself
In Motion: Amiri Baraka
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Poetry in Motion
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Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
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The New-Ark
Himself
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
Death of a Prophet
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James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Himself
New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
Self
Turn Me On
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Nationtime
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Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
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Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
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Poets at the Living Theater
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
26
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-10-07
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
Everett Leroy Jones