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Also known as Ai Ogawa, Florence Anthony
American poet (1947–2010)
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Ai, born Florence Ai Li in 1947 in Albany, was an American poet, writer, and scholar of English. A member of the African American community, she practiced Buddhism and wrote in English. She was educated at the University of Arizona and the University of California, Irvine. Her notable works include *Becoming Evening*, *Sweetness*, *Bones of Kites*, *Hearing Me*, and *Word Healers*.
During her career, Ai received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Book Award, and the American Book Awards. Her work is recognized in the National Book Award collection and held in archives at the Library of Congress. She died of breast cancer in 2010 in Stillwater.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 69
Top works
- Becoming Evening
- Sweetness
- Bones of Kites
- Hearing Me
- Word Healers
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Florence
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Albany
- Place of death
- Stillwater
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of California, Irvine
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Image
- Ai 2010.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ai (poet)
- date of birth
- 1947-10-21
- date of death
- 2010-03-20
- cause of death
- breast cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- writing language
- English language
- archives at
- Library of Congress
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Ai, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana