Amiri Baraka

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

28

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-10-07

Day of death

2014-01-09 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Amiri Baraka

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.

Known For

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • ER

    ER

  • Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

  • Poetry in Motion

    Poetry in Motion

  • Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

    Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

  • Death of a Prophet

    Death of a Prophet

  • Nationtime

    Nationtime

  • James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

    James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

  • Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

    Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

  • Bulworth

    Bulworth

  • 1 P.M.

    1 P.M.

  • Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

    Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

  • Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

  • Return to Gorée

    Return to Gorée

  • Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

  • Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

  • The Pact

    The Pact

  • Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

    Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

  • Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet

    Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet

  • In Motion: Amiri Baraka

    In Motion: Amiri Baraka

  • Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

  • Poets at the Living Theater

    Poets at the Living Theater

  • Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

  • The New-Ark

    The New-Ark

  • Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

    Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

  • New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture

    New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture

  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

  • Turn Me On

    Turn Me On