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Critics consider her work fundamental to the genre of African-American literature, [2] and she is honored as the first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry and the first to make a living from her writing. [56] In 2002, the scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Phillis Wheatley as one of his 100 Greatest African Americans. [57]
A literary critic noted that Evans used "black idioms to communicate the authentic voice of the black community is a unique characteristic of her poetry." [21] I Am a Black Woman (1970), her best-known poetry collection, won the Black Academy of Art and Letters First Poetry Award in 1975, and includes her best-known poem, "I Am a Black Woman". [18]
Youngest person and first Black American to be the U.S. Poet Laureate and Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress. [3] [4] Sharon Draper (born 1948) W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) writer, sociologist, and activist, who was a founding member of the NAACP [5] His most notable work is The Souls of Black Folk. [6]
Esther Saunders (1793–1862), African American poet who escaped from slavery; Anna Seward (1747–1809), English poet; Lydia Sigourney (1791-1865), American poet and author of conduct literature; Hedvig Sirenia (1734–1795), Swedish poet; Charlotte Smith (1749–1806), English Romantic poet and novelist; Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1854 ...
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. [1] [2] (June 7, 1943 – December 9, 2024) was an American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator. One of the world's best-known African-American poets, [2] her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature.
This is a list of notable African American poets. For other African Americans, see Lists of African Americans. Ron Allen, poet, playwright [1]
Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and '70s who was dubbed "the Princess of Black Poetry," has died. She was 81. Giovanni ...
1950, Pulitzer Prize in Poetry [2] Gwendolyn Brooks in 1950 became the first African-American to be given a Pulitzer Prize. It was awarded for the volume, Annie Allen , which chronicled in verse the life of an ordinary black girl growing up in the Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.