Sonia Sanchez American Activist
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Sonia Sanchez was previously married to Etheridge Knight.
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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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Details
First Name |
Sonia
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Last Name |
Sanchez
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Full Name at Birth |
Wilsonia Benita Driver
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Alternative Name |
Wilsonia Benita Driver, Sonia Sanchez
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Birthday |
9th September, 1934
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Birthplace |
Birmingham, Alabama United States
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Build |
Average
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Eye Color |
Brown - Light
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Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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Zodiac Sign |
Virgo
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Ethnicity |
Multiracial
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Nationality |
American
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University |
Hunter College, NY, New York University, NY
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Occupation Text |
poet, columnist, dramatist, essayist
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Occupation |
Activist
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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.
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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.