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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 written over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children's books.
Sonia Sanchez all’anagrafe Wilsonia Benita Driver (Birmingham, 9 settembre 1934) è una poetessa statunitense. È autrice di oltre una dozzina di libri di poesie, di testi teatrali e di libri per bambini
Sonia Sanchez—poet, activist, scholar—was the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women's Studies at Temple University. She is the recipient of both the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry and the Langston Hughes Poetry Award.
Sonia Sanchez. Sonia Sanchez was born in 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama. She earned her BA in political science from Hunter College in 1955, did postgraduate work at New York University, and studied poetry under the mentorship of poet Louise Bogan.
Sonia Sanchez, American poet, playwright, and educator who was noted for her Black activism. She often wrote about the ‘neoslavery’ of African Americans as well as sexism, child abuse, and generational and class conflicts.
Sonia Sanchez - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Sonia Sanchez received the 2018 Wallace Stevens Award, given annually to recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.
When the sun yawned and stretched this morning, Sonia Sanchez was eight decades deep into imagining a world where there is justice, peace, and beauty. —from “The House of Sonia Sanchez,” by Michael Simanga, published in Poetry, April 2023
