Writing · Newark, New Jersey, USA · Born October 7, 1934
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.
Moviecastelporziano ostia dei poeti
2025
as Self - poet
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
2024
as Self
MovieFerlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009
as Self
MovieObscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
as Self
MovieNew York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
2008
as Himself
MovieReturn to Gorée
2007
as Self
MovieTurn Me On
2007
as Self
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
MoviePoets at the Living Theater
2006
as Self
MovieHubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
2006
as Self
MovieThe Pact
2006
as Self
MovieCecil Taylor: All The Notes
2005
as Himself
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
2005
as Self
MovieBulworth
1998
as Rastaman
MovieScenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
1997
as Self
MovieW.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
1996
as Self
TVER
1994
as Reid
MovieJames Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989
as Self
MovieLangston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
1987
as Himself
In Motion: Amiri Baraka
1983
as Himself
MovieSpeaking in Tongues
1982
MoviePoetry in Motion
1982
as Self
MovieI Heard It Through the Grapevine
1982
as Self
MovieDeath of a Prophet
1981
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979
as Self
MovieBlack Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978
as Self
MovieNationtime: Gary
1972
as Self
Movie1 P.M.
1971
as Self
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Self
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
1970
as Self
MovieThe New-Ark
1969
as Self
