Nikki Giovanni
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American poet, writer and activist
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Bicycles
- The girls in the circle
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Nikki Giovanni has written more than two dozen books, including volumes of poetry, illustrated children’s books, and three collections of essays. The civil rights and black power movements informed her early poetry, collected in Black Feeling, Black Talk (1968), Black Judgement (1968), and Re: Creation (1970). Giovanni then wrote poems for children throughout the next decade. Those Who Ride the Night Winds (1983) acknowledged notable black figures. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Nikki+Giova
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Knoxville
- Place of death
- Blacksburg
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Virginia Tech
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Robert Frost Medal
- Field of work
- activism
- Image
- Nikki Giovanni speaking at Emory University 2008.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- Nikki Giovanni
- date of birth
- 1943-06-07
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- date of death
- 2024-12-09
- name in native language
- Nikki Giovanni
- birth name
- Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr.
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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