| LC control no. | n 50024879 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3551.N464 |
| Personal name heading | Angelou, Maya |
| Variant(s) | Johnson, Marguerite, 1928-2014 Johnson, Marguerite Ann Johnson, Marguerite Annie Make, Maya Angelou אנג׳לו, מאיה |
| Other standard no. | Q19526 7386077 0000000121191991 80ce4e18-92ca-4079-b07c-11ac454b7755 83496372 8211 312669 nm0029723 p172806 130492881 10582751 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1928-04-04 |
| Death date | 2014-05-28 |
| Place of birth | Saint Louis (Mo.) |
| Place of death | Winston-Salem (N.C.) |
| Affiliation | Wake Forest University University of Ghana |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Authors Writers Entertainers College teachers University and college faculty members Political activists |
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| Found in | Her I know why the caged bird sings, 1969. Her Conversations with Maya Angelou, c1989: CIP galley (b. 4-4-28) ALCS database, 7 Mar. 2005 (Maya Angelou, born 1 Jan. 1928) Empire:zine.com WWW site, 7 Mar. 2005: author spotlight (Maya Angelou, born 4 Apr. 1928 as Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis) The Blacks, 1961 DLC copy theater program (Maya Angelou Make) Contemporary authors on Infotrac, Aug. 6, 2009 (Maya Angelou; also known as: Marguerite Annie Johnson, Marguerite Johnson, Marguerite Ann Johnson; b. Marguerite Annie Johnson, Apr. 4, 1928, St. Louis, Mo.; author, poet, scriptwriter, playwright, performer, actress, and composer) Washington post (online), viewed May 28, 2014 (Maya Angelou; b. Marguerite Annie Johnson, Apr. 4, 1928, St. Louis; m. Tosh Angelos (div.); m. Paul du Feu, 1973 (div. 1981); d. May 28, Winston-Salem, N.C., aged 86) New York times (online), viewed May 28, 2014 (Maya Angelou; b. Marguerite Ann Johnson, Apr. 4, 1928, St. Louis; m. Tosh Angelos (div.); later romantically involved with Vusumzi L. Make; m. Paul du Feu (div.); d. Wednesday [May 28, 2014], Winston-Salem, N.C., aged 86); viewed May 29, 2014 (b. Marguerite Johnson) African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 17, 2014: (Angelou, Maya; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; autobiographer / memoirist, poet, civil rights activist, educator; born 04 April 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States; joined the Harlem Writers Guild; moved to Ghana, worked for the University of Ghana and the African Review; returned to America to continue her career in the theater; helped Malcolm X and the Organization of African American Unity; the first woman and the only African American to read a poem at a presidential inauguration (President Bill Clinton, 1993); Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom; her other honors included a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her book of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie; a Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1973 play Look Away, and three Grammys for her spoken word albums; she served on two presidential committees, and was awarded the Spingarn Medal in 1994, the National Medal of Arts in 2000, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011; Angelou was awarded over fifty honorary degrees) Canadiana, April 23, 2020 (access point: Angelou, Maya; American) |
| National bib agency no. | 0069A4036E |
| Associated language | eng |
| Quality code | nlc |
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