Check all the awards won and nominated for by Amiri Baraka - American Book Awards (2010) , Beyond Margins Award (2008) , American Book Awards (1992) and more awards. Amiri Baraka, formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of...

Baraka’s numerous literary prizes and honors include fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Rockefeller Foundation Award for Drama, the Langston Hughes Award from the City College of New York, and a lifetime achievement award from the Before Columbus Foundation.

Amiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, [1] was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism.

In 1966 Bakara moved back to Newark, New Jersey, and a year later changed his name to the Bantuized Muslim appellation Imamu (“spiritual leader,” later dropped) Ameer (later Amiri, “prince”) Baraka (“blessing”).

Awards: John Hay Whitney fellowship, 1960-61; Longview Award for best essay of the year, 1961, for “ Cuba Libre ”; Obie Award, 1964, for Dutchman; Guggenheim fellowship, 1965-66; Yoruba Academy fellow, 1965; second prize at the First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar, Senegal, 1966, for The Slave; Doctorate of Humane Letters, Malcolm X College...

Jan 10, 2014 · Amiri Baraka, a poet and playwright of pulsating rage, whose long illumination of the black experience in America was called incandescent in some quarters and incendiary in others, died on Thursday in Newark. He was 79.

Jan 6, 2025 · Since the early sixties, Amiri Baraka has been recognized with a number of awards and honors for his literary work. The long list is highlighted by Fellowships from National Endowments for Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation Award for Drama and the Langston Hughes Award from the City College of New York.

Amiri Baraka (1934-2014) Amiri Baraka (née Everett LeRoi Jones) author of over 40 books of essays, poems, drama, and music history and criticism, is a poet icon and revolutionary political activist who has recited poetry and lectured on cultural and political issues extensively in …

Jan 9, 2014 · We’ll spend the hour looking at the life and legacy of Amiri Baraka, the poet, playwright and political organizer who died Thursday at the age of 79. Baraka was a leading force in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s.

Jan 9, 2014 · NEW YORK (AP) — Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking force in...