Etheridge Knight

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Etheridge Knight was previously married to Mary Ann McAnally, Charlene Blackburn and Sonia Sanchez.

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American Poet Etheridge Knight was born on 19th April, 1931 in Corinth, MS and passed away on 10th Mar 1991 Indianapolis, IN aged 59. He is most remembered for an African-American poet who became a notable poet in 1968 with his debut volume, Poems from Prison. His zodiac sign is Aries.

Etheridge Knight is a member of the following lists: American poets, 1991 deaths and 1931 births.

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Type	Total	Longest	Average	Shortest
Married	3	-	-	-
Total	3			-

Details

First Name	Etheridge
Last Name	Knight
Birthday	19th April, 1931
Birthplace	Corinth, MS
Died	10th March, 1991
Place of Death	Indianapolis, IN
Build	Average
Eye Color	Brown - Dark
Hair Color	Black
Zodiac Sign	Aries
Ethnicity	Black
Nationality	American
University	Martin Center University
Occupation	Poet
Claim to Fame	an African-American poet who became a notable poet in 1968 with his debut volume, Poems from Prison

Etheridge Knight (April 19, 1931 – March 10, 1991) was an African-American poet who made his name in 1968 with his debut volume, Poems from Prison. The book recalls in verse his eight-year-long sentence after his arrest for robbery in 1960. By the time he left prison, Knight had prepared a second volume featuring his own writings and works of his fellow inmates. This second book, first published in Italy under the title Voce negre dal carcere, appeared in English in 1970 as Black Voices from Prison. These works established Knight as one of the major poets of the Black Arts Movement, which flourished from the early 1960s through the mid-1970s. With roots in the Civil Rights Movement, Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, and the Black Power Movement, Etheridge Knight and other American artists within the movement sought to create politically engaged work that explored the African-American cultural and historical experience.

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