Amiri Baraka
African-American writer (1934-2014) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 79
Amiri Baraka, previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at several universities, including the University at Buffalo and Stony Brook University.
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Allen Ginsberg Influenced Amiri- Gilbert Sorrentino Influenced Amiri
Al Freeman Jr. Directed A Fable (1971), also in Dutchman (1966)
Martin Scorsese Directed American Masters
Warren Beatty Directed Bulworth (1998)
Oliver Platt Also in Bulworth and American Masters
Anthony Harvey Directed Dutchman (1966)
Mel Stuart Directed American Masters
Terry Carter Directed American Masters
Tony Palmer Directed American Masters
Morgan Neville Directed American Masters
William Greaves Directed Nationtime: Gary (1972)- Gene Persson Produced Dutchman (1966)
- Louis Massiah Directed W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices (1996)
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He received the PEN/Beyond Margins Award in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone. Baraka's plays, poetry, and essays have been described by scholars as constituting defining texts for African-American culture.
