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Apr 4, 2018 · Here are five things to know about literary legend Maya Angelou: Maya Angelou reads poetry to Tufts University students at the Somerville Theatre in Somerville, Mass. on April 28, 1997.
Maya Angelou (s.Marguerite Annie Johnson, 4. huhtikuuta 1928 St. Louis, Missouri – 28. toukokuuta 2014 Winston-Salem, Pohjois-Carolina) oli monipuolinen yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija: hänen tuotantoonsa kuului runoja, muistelmakirjoja, näytelmiä, lastenkirjoja ja esseitä sekä elokuva- ja televisiokäsikirjoituksia.
Jun 8, 2023 · 1. Maya Angelou was the first Black woman to conduct a cable car in San Francisco. 2. Porgy and Bess took Maya Angelou to Europe in the 1950s.; 3. Maya Angelou spoke six languages. 4. Maya Angelou ...
An acclaimed American poet, storyteller, activist, and autobiographer, Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri. Angelou had a broad career as a singer, dancer, actress, composer, and Hollywood’s first female black director, but became most famous as a writer, editor, essayist, playwright,...
The works of Maya Angelou encompass autobiography, plays, poetry, and teleplays.She also had an active directing, acting, and speaking career. She is best known for her books, including her series of seven autobiographies, starting with the critically acclaimed I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969).
May 28, 2014 · The American writer, civil rights activist and academic, Maya Angelou, has died at the age of 86. She leaves behind her a large body of work including seven volumes of autobiography and many poems.
[Jump to poems by publication year: 1970s | 1980s | 1990s] Maya Angelou (1928–2014) had a broad and distinguished career both inside and outside the literary realm.She is most famous for her work as a poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist, working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
