Amiri Baraka
Age: 79 | From: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1934-10-07 22:23:02
Death: 2014-01-09 22:23:02
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 14
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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 Awardformerly known as the Beyond Margins Award in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.
Most Famous Work
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
(2006) Self
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
(2023) Self
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
(1997) Himself (as LeRoy Jones-Baraka)
1 P.M. (One Parallel Movie)
(1971) Self
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
(1978) Self
Nationtime
(1972) Self
Return to Gorée
(2007) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Self | |
| 2009 | Himself | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| Himself | ||
| 2007 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2006 | Self | |
| Himself | ||
| 2005 | Himself | |
| 1998 | Rastaman | |
| 1997 | Himself (as LeRoy Jones-Baraka) | |
| 1987 | Himself | |
| 1983 | Himself | |
| 1982 | N/A | |
| 1981 | N/A | |
| 1979 | Himself | |
| 1978 | Self | |
| 1972 | Self | |
| 1971 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1968 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Writer | |
| 1971 | Theatre Play | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 1967 | Writer | |
| Original Story | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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