Writing
Amiri Baraka
PT, IT, EN cinema · 36 credits
Born
7 October 1934
Died
9 January 2014 (aged 79)
Birthplace
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also known as Everett Leroy Jones · LeRoi Jones · Imamu Amear Baraka · LeRoy Jones-Baraka · Ameer Baraka
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
Filmography
The Dutchman
Original Story, Theatre Play
castelporziano ostia dei poeti
as Self - poet
Return to Gorée
as Self
Turn Me On
as Self
The Pact
as Self
Bulworth
as Rastaman
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
as Self, Writer
Poetry in Motion
as Self
Medea
Writer
Nationtime: Gary
as Self, Writer
1 P.M.
as Self
A Fable
Theatre Play, Screenplay
The New-Ark
as Self, Director, Writer
Dutchman
Writer, Theatre Play