Amiri Baraka
Birthday: 1934-10-07 | Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USAAmiri 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 Awardformerly known as the Beyond Margins Award in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2009
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
as Himself
2008
2007
Return to Gorée
as Self
2006
The Pact
as Himself
2006
1998
Bulworth
as Rastaman
1979
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Self
1971
1 P.M. (One Parallel Movie)
as Self
