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.
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Known For
Filmography
Acting Credits (31)
castelporziano ostia dei poeti
Self - poet
2025
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
Self
2024
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Self
2009
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
Self
2008
New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
Himself
2008
