Maya Angelou (1928–2014)
Autore di Io so perché canta l'uccello in gabbia
Sull'Autore
Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson on April 4, 1928 in Saint Louis, Missouri. At the age of 16, she became not only the first black streetcar conductor in San Francisco but the first woman conductor. In the mid-1950s, she toured Europe with a production of the opera Porgy and Bess. In mostra altro 1957, she recorded her first album, Calypso Lady. In 1958, she became a part of the Harlem Writers Guild in New York and played a queen in The Blacks, an off-Broadway production by French dramatist Jean Genet. In 1960, she moved to Cairo, where she edited The Arab Observer, an English-language weekly newspaper. The following year, she went to Ghana where she was features editor of The African Review and taught music and drama at the University of Ghana. In 1964, she moved back to the U.S. to become a civil rights activist by helping Malcolm X build his new coalition, the Organization of African American Unity, and became the northern coordinator of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Even though she never went to college, she taught American studies for years at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem. In 1993, she became only the second poet in United States history to write and recite an original poem at a Presidential Inauguration when she read On the Pulse of Morning at President Bill Clinton's Inauguration Ceremony. She wrote numerous books during her lifetime including: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, and Mom and Me and Mom. In 2011, President Barack Obama gave her the Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, for her collected works of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. She appeared in the movie Roots and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1977 for her role in the movie. She also played a part in the movie, How to Make an American Quilt and wrote and produced Afro-Americans in the Arts, a PBS special for which she received a Golden Eagle Award. She was a three-time Grammy winner. She died on May 28, 2014 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Maya Angelou
OMNIBUS: I KNOW WHY THE CAGE BIRD SINGS, GATHER TOGETHER IN MY NAME AND SINGIN' AND SWINGIN' AND GETTIN' MERRY LIKE… (1991) 33 copie
Our Grandmothers 6 copie
Maya Angelou 5 copie
Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas,… (1995) 4 copie
Poems( Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker… (1996) 4 copie
Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul 3 copie
Miss Calypso [Sound Recording] 2 copie
The aristocrat 2 copie
Maya Angelou 8 Books Collection Set (And Still I Rise,Mom and Me and Mom,The Heart Of A Woman,Song Flung Up to… (2020) 2 copie
KADIN KALBİ 2 copie
Maya Angelou collection 7 Books set pack (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Gather Together in My Name,… (2012) 1 copia
They Came to Stay 1 copia
These Yet To Be United States 1 copia
Malcolm X : Make It Plain 1 copia
Why the Caged Bird Sings 1 copia
Mit jedem Schlag unserer Flügel 1 copia
Touched By An Angel 1 copia
As Seen Through These Eyes 1 copia
Maya Angelou Boxed Set 1 copia
Maya Angelou-member choice 1 copia
Maya Angelou: 6 book collection - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / Gather together in My Name / Singin & Swinging &… (2010) 1 copia
Maya Angelou Collection 4 Books Set, (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Singin' & Swingin' and Gettin'… (2012) 1 copia
Angelou, Maya Archive 1 copia
Deep Rivers in my Soul 1 copia
Maya Angelou - Miss Calypso LP 1 copia
En toch heradem ik 1 copia
The Runaway 1 copia
Opere correlate
Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (1992) — Collaboratore — 514 copie
I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (1983) — Collaboratore — 174 copie
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Collaboratore — 159 copie
Growing Up in the South: An Anthology of Modern Southern Literature (1991) — Collaboratore — 142 copie
Writing Women's Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Narratives by Twentieth-Century American Women Writers (1994) — Collaboratore — 121 copie
Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present (1995) — Collaboratore — 115 copie
Sacred Stories: A Celebration of the Power of Story to Transform and Heal (1993) — Collaboratore — 102 copie
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1656) — Collaboratore — 100 copie
Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power and Pleasure of Reading and Writing (2018) — Collaboratore — 75 copie
Bearing Witness: Selections from African-American Autobiography in the Twentieth Century (1991) — Collaboratore — 69 copie
She Rises Like the Sun: Invocations of the Goddess by Contemporary American Women Poets (1989) — Collaboratore — 68 copie
Madagascar: The Enchanted Island (Living Edens) [1998 TV episode] — Narratore — 2 copie
Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Poets Read Their Work — Narratore, alcune edizioni — 2 copie
Words Among America: Sixty Poems of Challenge and Hope — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Angelou, Maya
- Nome legale
- Johnson, Marguerite Ann
- Altri nomi
- Angelou, Maya
- Data di nascita
- 1928-04-04
- Data di morte
- 2014-05-28
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Amerika
- Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- St. Louis, Missouri, VS
- Luogo di morte
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina, VS
- Luogo di residenza
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Stamps, Arkansas, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
New York, New York, USA
Sonoma, California, USA
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA - Istruzione
- George Washington High School, San Francisco
California Labor School, San Francisco - Attività lavorative
- dancer
singer
teacher
actress
activist
Reynolds Professorship of American Studies, Wake Forest University (mostra tutto 8)
memoirist
poet - Relazioni
- Johnson, Guy (son)
- Organizzazioni
- Wake Forest University
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature (1999)
National Medal of Arts (2000)
Grammy, Best Spoken Word Album (1993 ∙ 1995 ∙ 2002)
NAACP Spingarn Medal (1994)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2011)
Coretta Scott King Award (1971) (mostra tutto 39)
North Carolina Award in Literature (1987)
Golden Plate Award (1990)
Candace Award (1990)
Langston Hughes Medal (1991)
Horatio Alger Award (1992)
Distinguished Woman of North Carolina Award (1992)
Crystal Award (1992)
Crystal Award (1992)
Inauguration Poet (1993)
Arkansas Black Hall of Fame (1993)
Rollins College Walk of Fame (1994)
Frank G. Wells American Teachers Award (1995)
Homecoming Award (1997)
NAACP Image Award (1998 ∙ 2005 ∙ 2009)
Alston-Jones International Civil & Human Rights Award (1998)
National Women's Hall of Fame (1998)
Christopher Award (1999)
Shelia Award (1999)
EMMA Lifetime Achievement Award (2002)
Charles Evans Hughes Award (2004)
Mother Teresa Award (2006)
Martha Parker Legacy Award (2007)
Voice of Peace Award (2008)
Gracie Award (2008)
Marian Anderson Award (2008)
Lincoln Medal (2008)
ALA Literary Award (2009)
Black Cultural Society Award (2012)
Literarian Award (2013)
Norman Mailer Prize (2013)
Conference of Minority Transportation Officials Lifetime Achievement Award (2014)
Ladies' Home Journal "Woman of the Year in Communication" Award (1976)
Matrix Award (1983) - Breve biografia
- Maya Angelou (pronounced /ˈmaɪ.ə ˈændʒəloʊ/;[1] born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928)[2] is an American autobiographer and poet. Having been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton, she is best known for her series of six autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adulthood experiences.[3] The first, best-known, and most highly acclaimed, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), focuses on the first seventeen years of her life, brought her international recognition, and was nominated for a National Book Award.
Angelou has had a long and varied career, holding jobs such as fry cook, dancer, actress, journalist, educator, television producer, and film director. She was a member of the Harlem Writers Guild in the late 1950s. She was active in the Civil Rights movement, and served as Northern Coordinator of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Angelou has been highly honored for her body of work, including being awarded over 30 honorary degrees and the nomination of a Pulitzer Prize for her 1971 volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie.[4] Since the 1990s, she has had a busy career on the lecture circuit, making about 80 appearances a year. Since 1991, Angelou has taught at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as recipient of the first lifetime Reynolds Professorship of American Studies. In 1993, she recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration, the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. In 1995, she was recognized for having the longest-running record (two years) on The New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Bestseller List.
With the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou was heralded as a new kind of memoirist, one of the first African American women who was able to publicly discuss her personal life. She became recognized and highly respected as a spokesperson for blacks and women
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Discussioni
BioKIT Group Read: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Book Specific - Spoilers Allowed) in 2015 Category Challenge (Dicembre 2015)
Maya Angelou's Library in Legacy Libraries (Agosto 2015)
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Black Authors (4)
Poetry Corner (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 116
- Opere correlate
- 66
- Utenti
- 34,723
- Popolarità
- #544
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 519
- ISBN
- 532
- Lingue
- 13
- Preferito da
- 118
La giovane Maya ci accompagna in un viaggio attraverso la sua infanzia, divisa tra la Stamps rurale e l'Arkansas urbano. Affronta con coraggio e resilienza le sfide di una società dominata dal razzismo, subendo umiliazioni e soprusi che forgeranno il suo carattere. Nonostante le avversità, Maya trova rifugio nella forza della famiglia, nella bellezza della natura e nel potere salvifico della parola. La sua passione per la poesia e la letteratura le offre la chiave per emanciparsi e trovare la sua voce.
Il libro non è solo un racconto di sofferenza, ma anche una celebrazione della speranza e della tenacia dello spirito umano. Maya Angelou ci mostra come l'amore, la compassione e la forza di volontà possono permettere di superare anche le barriere più insormontabili. "Io so perché canta l'uccello in gabbia" è un'opera fondamentale per comprendere la storia afroamericana e le lotte per la giustizia sociale. È un libro che ci invita a riflettere sul tema della discriminazione e a coltivare l'empatia verso le esperienze altrui.
Consiglio vivamente la lettura di questo libro a tutti, non solo agli appassionati di letteratura afroamericana. È una storia toccante e universale che ci insegna il valore della libertà, dell'uguaglianza e della dignità umana.
Scrittura poetica e coinvolgente
Racconto vivido e realistico
Tematiche importanti e di grande attualità
Lo stesso personaggio di Maya Angelou è forte e ispiratore
Alcune scene possono risultare crude e disturbanti
La struttura narrativa non è sempre lineare
"Io so perché canta l'uccello in gabbia" è un libro potente e indimenticabile che merita di essere letto e riletto. Alcune citazioni:
Sulla libertà:
"L'uccello in gabbia canta perché ha un'anima libera."
"Non c'è agonia come quella di una gabbia che imprigiona l'anima."
"La libertà è preziosa come l'aria che respiriamo."
Sulla discriminazione:
"Gli occhi degli altri sono come gabbie. Ti guardano e ti definiscono."
"Il razzismo è come una malattia che infetta tutti, neri e bianchi."
"Dobbiamo abbattere le barriere del razzismo e costruire ponti di comprensione."
Sulla speranza:
"Anche se la gabbia è buia, la speranza può illuminarla."
"La forza di volontà può superare qualsiasi ostacolo."
"Dobbiamo continuare a lottare per un futuro migliore, per noi stessi e per le generazioni future."
Sulla forza della parola:
"Le parole possono essere come armi o come piume."
"La poesia è la mia voce, il mio modo di esprimere la mia anima."
"Le parole possono cambiare il mondo."
Sull'amore:
"L'amore è la forza più potente che esista."
"L'amore può superare qualsiasi odio."
"L'amore è la chiave per la felicità."
La scrittura di Maya Angelou è ricca di immagini evocative e di messaggi profondi che rimangono impressi nella mente del lettore.… (altro)