Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry

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Produktbeschreibung

As the world celebrates and reflects on the beautiful life of Maya Angelou, Virago presents an updated collection of her works of poetry, collected together for the first time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group / Virago Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 139mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 475g
• ISBN-13: 9780349006215
• ISBN-10: 0349006210
• Artikelnr.: 41732034

Autorenporträt

Maya Angelou was one of the world's most important writers and activists. Born 4 April 1928, she lived and chronicled an extraordinary life: rising from poverty, violence and racism, she became a renowned author, memoirist, poet, playwright, civil rights' activist - working with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. She wrote and performed a poem, 'On the Pulse of Morning', for President Clinton on his inauguration. She was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama and was honoured by more than seventy universities throughout the world. She first thrilled the world with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). This was followed by six volumes of autobiography, the seventh and final volume, Mom & Me & Mom, published in 2013. She wrote three collections of essays; many volumes of poetry, including His Day is Done, a tribute to Nelson Mandela; and two cookbooks. She had a lifetime appointment as Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University of North Carolina. She died in 2014.

Rezensionen

One of the brightest lights of our time -- a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenal woman Barack Obama