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Maya Angelou: Overview

Maya Angelou circa 1970.
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Name: Maya Angelou

Birthname: Marguerite Ann Johnson

Born: April 4, 2928 in St. Louis, Missouri

Brief: A celebrated poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.

Literary Genre(s): Fiction, Nonfiction, Poety, Autobiography

Popular Works: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (Autobiography), Still I Rise (Poem), Phenomenal Woman (Poem)

Official Website: www.MayaAngelou.com

Awards and Honors: Pulitzer Prize Nomination, Just Give Me A Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die, 1972
American Academy of Achievement, Inductee, 1990.
Black Caucus of American Library Association, Cultural Keepers Award, 1997.
Humanitarian Contribution Award, 1997.
Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature, 1999.
Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album, "A Song Flung Up to Heaven," 2002.
Mother Teresa Award, 2006.
Voice of Peace award (first recipient), Hope for Peace and Justice, 2008.
Cornell Medallion, 2008
(Source: Wikipedia Read the Full List of Maya Angelou's Achievements, Awards, and Honorary Degrees)

Biographies About Maya Angelou

 

Maya Angelou's Official Biography from Her Website
http://mayaangelou.com/bio

Biography.com Biography of Maya Angelou
http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/featured-biography/maya-angelou.jsp

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou

Poets.org
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/87

Academy of Achievement
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0bio-1

BookRags
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/maya-angelou/

Maya Angelou Biography and Timeline from AllSands
http://www.allsands.com/writing/mayaangeloubio_yhz_gn.htm

Maya Angelou Quotes

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."
Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quotes from BrainyQuote.com
ThinkExist.com List of Quotes from Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou Quotes on GoodReads.com
Maya Angelou Quotes from TheQuotationsPage.com
FamousPoetsandPoems.com Maya Angelou Quotes

Images of Maya Angelou
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A young Maya Angelou during a stage performance.
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A dramatic close shot of young Maya Angelou during a performance.
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A recent photo of Maya Angelou laughing and looking stunning in a black sequined gown.
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Maya delivers her poem, "On The Pulse of Morning" at the 1993 Presidential Inauguration of former President Bill Clinton.
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Maya Angelou speaks during Senior Convocation, May 24 in Schoellkopf Stadium.
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Maya Angelou beautiful and smiling at a podium circa 2007.
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More images of Maya Angelou via Google Images search.
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Video Clips of Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou on CBS News following the election of President Barack Obama.

Maya Angelou Reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the 1993 Presidential Inauguration of Bill Clinton.

Maya Angelou Recites her poem "And Still I Rise".

Bloomberg Television Interview with Maya Angelou.

Maya Angelou Introduces the world to her latest book "Letter to My Daughter.

Maya Angelou's moving tribute and speech at the funeral of Corretta Scott King

 

Podcasts Featuring Maya Angelou Coming Soon!
Maya Angelou Criticism, Reviews, Study Guides

A Song Flung Up to Heaven REview
http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/Info_28334.asp

I Know Why the Caged Bird SIngs Review
http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/Info_24588.asp

Letter to My Daugher Book Review
http://thebookladysblog.com/2008/09/26/book-review-letter-to-my-daughter-by-maya-angelou/

Maya on RedRoom Blog
http://www.redroom.com/author/maya-angelou

More to come!

Maya Angelou Complete Bibliography

Autobiographies

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969.

Gather Together in My Name, 1974.

Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, 1976.

The Heart of a Woman, 1981.

All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, 1986.

A Song Flung Up To Heaven, 2002.

The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou, 2004.

 

Poetry

Oh Pray My Wings are Gonna Fit Me Well, 1975.

Still I Rise, 1978.

Shaker, Why Don't You Sing, 1983.

Now Sheba Sings the Song, 1987.

I Shall Not Be Moved, 1990.

"Life doesn't frighten me", 1991

"On the Pulse of Morning", 1993.[8]

The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou, 1994.

Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems for Women, 1995.

"A Brave and Startling Truth", 1995.

"From a Black Woman to a Black Man", 1995.

"Amazing Peace", 2005.

"Mother, a Cradle to Hold Me", 2006.

"Celebrations, Rituals of Peace and Prayer", 2006

Poetry for Young People, 2007.

"We Had Him", 2009.[9]

 

Lessons in Living, 1993.

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, 1993.

Even the Stars Look Lonesome, 1997.

Hallelujah! The Welcome Table, 2004.

Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me, 2006.

Letter to My Daughter, 2008

Children's books

Life Doesn't Frighten Me (poem), edited by Sara Jane Boyers, illustrated by Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1993.

Soul Looks Back in Wonder (with others), illustrated by Tom Feelings, 1993.

My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me, photographs by Margaret Courtney-Clarke, 1994.

Kofi and His Magic, photographs by Margaret Courtney-Clarke, 1996.

Maya's World series, illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell, 2004.

Plays

Cabaret for Freedom (musical revue), with Godfrey Cambridge, produced at Village Gate Theatre, New York, 1960.

The Least of These (two-act drama), produced in Los Angeles, 1966.

The Best of These (drama), 1966.

The Clawing Within (two-act drama), 1966.

Gettin' up Stayed on My Mind, 1967

Adjoa Amissah (two-act musical), 1967

Sophocles, Ajax (two-act drama), produced at Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1974.

And Still I Rise (one-act musical), produced in Oakland, Calif., 1976.

Theatrical Vignette (one-act play), 1983.

King, (lyrics, with Alistair Beaton) book by Lonne Elder III, music by Richard Blackford, produced in London, 1990.

 

Films

Georgia, Georgia, 1972.

All Day Long, 1974.

Poetic Justice (author of poems), 1993.

The Black Candle (author of poems), 2008.

 

Television

Black, Blues, Black (series of ten one-hour PBS programs), 1968.

Assignment America (series of six one-half-hour PBS programs), 1975.

The Legacy, 1976.

The Inheritors, 1976.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1979.

Sister, Sister, 1982.

Trying to Make It Home, 1988

Maya Angelou's America: A Journey of the Heart (also host), 1988.

Brewster Place, 1990-1991.

Angelou on Burns, 1996.

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