Amiri Baraka
Born October 07, 1934 (Age: 91)
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Newark, New Jersey, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
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as Self
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Age: 73
Turn Me On
2007
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as Self
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Age: 72
No Image
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
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Age: 72
Poets at the Living Theater
2006
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as Self
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Age: 72
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
2005
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as Himself
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Age: 70
Bulworth
1998
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as Rastaman
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Age: 63
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
1997
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as Self
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Age: 62
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
1996
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as Self
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Age: 61
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989
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as Self
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Age: 54
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
1987
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as Himself
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Age: 52
Speaking in Tongues
1982
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Age: 48
Death of a Prophet
1981
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Age: 46
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978
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as Self
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Age: 44
Nationtime
1972
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as Self
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Age: 38
The New-Ark
1969
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as Self
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Age: 34