Biography
Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones October 7, 1934), formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, is an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and has taught at a number of universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received the PEN Open Book Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award, in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.
Filmography
all 57
Movies 52
self 45
TV Shows 5
Writer 3
Director 2
Self - Writer
Blues America (2013)
TV
Self
Obscene (2008)
Movie
Self - Poet
Letter to the President (2005)
Movie
Self - poet and playwright
Strange Fruit (2002)
Movie
Rastaman
Bulworth (1998)
Movie
6.17
Himself (as LeRoy Jones-Baraka)
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (1997)
Movie
Reid
ER (1994)
TV
5.44
Writer
Medea (1973)
Movie
Actor
1 P.M. (1971)
Movie
6
Writer
A Fable (1971)
Movie
Self / Director / Writer
The New-Ark (1969)
Movie
Director
Black Spring (1967)
Movie
Writer
Dutchman (1966)
Movie
Director
Cellar Vigil (1966)
Movie
Original Story
The Dutchman
Movie
Self (2000)
Like It Is
TV
Information
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-10-07
Deathday
2014-01-09 (79 years old)
Birth Name
Everett LeRoi Jones
Birth Place
Newark, United States
Religion
Islam
Children
Dominique di Prima, Kellie Jones, Ras Baraka, Lisa Jones
Citizenships
United States
Also Known As
Everett Leroy Jones, LeRoi Jones, Imamu Amear Baraka, LeRoy Jones-Baraka, Ameer Baraka
Awards
Langston Hughes Medal, Guggenheim Fellowship, American Book Awards, Black Literary Hall of Fame, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
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