Sonia Sanchez

Sonia Sanchez
Sonia Sanchez  American Activist
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Sonia Sanchez is a 89 year old American Activist. Born Wilsonia Benita Driver on 9th September, 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama United States, she is famous for helped define the mid-twentieth century Black Arts Movement,using the language of the streets to write about the frustrations of Northern urban blacks.. Her zodiac sign is Virgo.

Sonia Sanchez is a member of the following lists: American poets, 1934 births and American dramatists and playwrights.

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First Name Sonia
Last Name Sanchez
Full Name at Birth Wilsonia Benita Driver
Alternative Name Wilsonia Benita Driver, Sonia Sanchez
Birthday 9th September, 1934
Birthplace Birmingham, Alabama United States
Build Average
Eye Color Brown - Light
Hair Color Salt and Pepper
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Ethnicity Multiracial
Nationality American
University Hunter College, NY, New York University, NY
Occupation Text poet, columnist, dramatist, essayist
Occupation Activist
Claim to Fame helped define the mid-twentieth century Black Arts Movement,using the language of the streets to write about the frustrations of Northern urban blacks.

Sonia Sanchez (born Wilsonia Benita Driver; September 9, 1934) is an American poet, writer, and professor. She was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children's books. In the 1960s, Sanchez released poems in periodicals targeted towards African American audiences, and published her debut collection, Homecoming, in 1969. In 1993, she received Pew Fellowship in the Arts, and in 2001 was awarded the Robert Frost Medal for her contributions to the canon of American poetry. She has been influential to other African-American poets, including Krista Franklin.

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NameAgeZodiacOccupationNationality
Sonia Sanchez89 VirgoActivist
American
Amiri Baraka79 LibraPersonality
American
Etheridge Knight59 AriesPoet
American
Louise Bogan-
Nikki Giovanni80 GeminiPoet
American
Larry Neal43 VirgoPoet
American

Filmography

FilmYearCharacterType
We Are Free Because of Harriet Tubman2019Narrator (voice)Short Film
Harlem Love2017Movie

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Lottie DiverslOct 8, 2009

I still love the little girl that was my classmate at ps46 and 164 and the gifts that Ihave recived by enjoying her works


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