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African-American History
Sonia Sanchez
Dramatist, playwright, poet, lecturer and editor; Sanchez has written several
children's books. Born Wilsonia Benita Driver on September 9, 1934 in Birmingham,
AL, Sanchez has been a political activist for Black culture, racial justice
and women's liberation.
Sanchez writes poetry with revolutionary language, but uses traditional
language in discussing war, pain and politics. Sanchez has taught and lectured
at universities across the country and is presently at Temple University
as poet-in-residence and professor of English.
Sanchez won the P.E.N. Writing Award in 1969, the National Academy of
Arts and Letters Award, the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
in 1978-79, and the National Education Association Award in 1977-88. For
Homegirls and Handgrenades, Sanchez won an American Book Award for Poetry
in 1985.
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