Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka

Date of Birth:

Oct 07, 1934

Place of Birth:

Newark, New Jersey, USA 

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.

filmography:

Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

1987

Death of a Prophet Death of a Prophet

1981

The New-Ark The New-Ark

1969

Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet

2005

Poetry in Motion Poetry in Motion

1982

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

1989

New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture

2008

Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

1978

Black Journal: 23; New-Ark Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

1970

Nationtime Nationtime

1972

Turn Me On Turn Me On

2007

In Motion: Amiri Baraka In Motion: Amiri Baraka

1983

Bulworth Bulworth

1998

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

2006

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

2009

1 P.M. 1 P.M.

1971

Obscene Obscene

2008

The Pact The Pact

2006

Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

1979

I Heard It Through the Grapevine I Heard It Through the Grapevine

1982

Return to Gorée Return to Gorée

2007

Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

2007

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

2005

Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

2024

Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

1997

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