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Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Birthday
October 7, 1934
Died
January 9, 2014
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- Everett Leroy Jones
- LeRoi Jones
- Imamu Amear Baraka
- LeRoy Jones-Baraka
- Ameer Baraka
Amiri Baraka
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Self - poet
castelporziano ostia dei poeti
2025
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Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
2024
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Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009
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Self
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
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Himself
New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
2008
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Return to Gorée
2007
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Turn Me On
2007
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Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
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Poets at the Living Theater
2006
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Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
2006
Credits
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castelporziano ostia dei poeti
as Self - poet
2025
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Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
as Self
2024
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Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
as Self
2009
5.0
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
as Self
2008
4.4
New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
as Himself
2008
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Return to Gorée
as Self
2007
9.0
Turn Me On
as Self
2007
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Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
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Poets at the Living Theater
as Self
2006
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Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
as Self
2006
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The Pact
as Self
2006
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Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
as Himself
2005
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Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
as Self
2005
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Bulworth
as Rastaman
1998
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Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
as Self
1997
5.2
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
as Self
1996
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ER
as Reid
1994
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James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
as Self
1989
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Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
as Himself
1987
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In Motion: Amiri Baraka
as Himself
1983
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Speaking in Tongues
1982
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Poetry in Motion
as Self
1982
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine
as Self
1982
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Death of a Prophet
1981
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Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Self
1979
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Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
as Self
1978
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Nationtime
as Self
1972
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1 P.M.
as Self
1971
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Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
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Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
as Self
1970
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The New-Ark
as Self
1969
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