Amiri Baraka

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

ER

as Reid

Bulworth

as Rastaman

Great Performances

as Self

Death of a Prophet

1 P.M.

as Self

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

as Self

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

as Self

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

as Self

Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

as Self

Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

as Self