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Maya Angelou

April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014

Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.

She became a poet and writer after a series of occupations as a young adult, including fry cook, prostitute, nightclub dancer and performer, cast member of the opera Porgy and Bess, coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and journalist in Egypt and Ghana during the decolonization of Africa. She was an actor, writer, director, and producer of plays, movies, and public television programs. In 1982, she earned the first lifetime Reynolds Professorship of American Studies at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was active in the Civil Rights movement, and worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.

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  • Cover of: Yo Se Por Que Canta el Pajaro Enjaulado

    First published in 1969 75 editions in 4 languages — 16 previewable Cover of edition iknowwhycagedbir0000ange_m6v8 Cover of edition iknowwhycagedbir00ange_0 Cover of edition iknowwhycagedbi000maya Cover of edition iknowwhycagedbir00ange Cover of edition iknowwhycagedbir00maya Cover of edition iknowwhycagedbir0000ange_t6c4 Cover of edition iknowwhycagedbir00ange_1 Cover of edition iknowwhycagedbir1993ange Cover of edition iknowwhycagedbir00angerich
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: Silver

    First published in 1991 9 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition prenticehalllite03koel Cover of edition prenticehalllite7koel Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_q4d3
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  • Cover of: Illinois: Prentice Hall Literature

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Copper Level

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Gold Level

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  • Cover of: Alabama: Prentice Hall Literature

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    First published in 1993 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition soullooksbackinw00tomf
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Silver Level

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  • Cover of: Quartet of Stories (Modern Women Writers)

    First published in 1993 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition quartetofstories0000unse_c3s0
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  • Cover of: Selected from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Heart of a Woman (Writers Voices)

    First published in 1989 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition selectedfromikno00ange
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  • Cover of: Now Sheba Sings the Song

    First published in 1987 3 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition nowshebasingsson0000ange Cover of edition nowshebasingsson00ange
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  • Cover of: Pearson Literature: California: Reading and Language

    First published in 2010 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Maya Angelou Omnibus

    First published in 1991 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Tragedy of Hamlet: with Connections

    First published in 1999 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Quartet of Poems (Modern Women Writers)

    First published in 1993 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Conversations with Maya Angelou

    First published in 1989 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Readers Companion: Silver

    First published in 2002 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780130581471
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    First published in 1993 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1988 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Drama, Fiction, Mystery and detective stories, detective fiction, Children's fiction, African American authors, English literature, Juvenile literature, American Authors, American literature, Anglo-Saxons, Biography, Juvenile audience, Poetry, Private investigators, amorality, aristocracy, locked-room mysteries, English drama, History and criticism, Juvenile drama, Literature, Plays, Readers (Secondary), Reading Level-Grade 11
Places
Calcutta, England, India, Surrey, Amazon rainforest, Baker Street, Caribbean, Italy, London, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet, United States, Verona, Arkansas, Bonwire, Bonwire (Ghana), Denmark, Ghana, Great Britain, Norway, Russia, South Africa
People
John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, Stroke Moran, Abram, Archie, Balthasar, Benvolio, Duncan Ross, Escalus, Friar John, Friar Lawrence, General Zaroff, Gregory, Ivan, Jabez Wilson, John Clay, Juliet Capulet, Lady Capulet, Lady Montague, Maya Angelou, Maya Angelou (1928-), Mercutio, Mr. Merryweather
Time
20th century, 1890

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  • Angelou, Maya
  • Angelou M Maya Angelou
  • Marguerite Annie Johnson
  • Maya Cdrhin 72987 Angelou

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January 19, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
October 10, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa Added identifiers
June 13, 2023 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import