Maya_Angelou

Maya Angelou Dr. Maya Angelou is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, she continues to travel the world, spreading her legendary wisdom. Within the rhythm of her poetry and elegance of her writing style lies Angelou's unique power to help readers of every orientation cover the lines of race and Angelou captivates audiences through the force and absolute beauty of her words and lyrics. Maya Angelou, was on born April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis. She was raised in segregated rural Arkansas. She lectures throughout the US and abroad and is Reynolds professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina since 1981. She has published ten best selling books and numerous magazine articles earning her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominations. At the request of President Clinton, she wrote and delivered a poem at his 1993 presidential inauguration. Dr. Angelou, who speaks French, Spanish, Italian and West African Fanti, began her career in drama and dance. She married a South African freedom fighter and lived in Cairo where she was editor angelou, maya, love, georgia, african, wrote, university, produced, president, human, dr, award, writing, work, women, woman, wake, tv, through, starred, st, special, sings, several, screenplay, said, reynolds, request, professor, prize, poem, own, north, national, know, johnson