Yusef Komunyakaa
Poet, Author
1947 –
Who is Yusef Komunyakaa?
Yusef Komunyakaa is an American poet who teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, for Neon Vernacular and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He also received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Komunyakaa received the 2007 Louisiana Writer Award for his enduring contribution to the poetry world.
His subject matter ranges from the black general experience through rural Southern life before the Civil Rights time period and his experience as a soldier during the Vietnam War.
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- Born
- Apr 29, 1947
Bogalusa - Also known as
- James Willie Brown Jr
- James William Brown
- Parents
- Spouses
- Mandy Sayer
(1985 - 1995)
- Mandy Sayer
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of California, Irvine
- Colorado State University
- Lived in
- Louisiana
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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