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A Short Biography of Maya Angelou

Author Name:

Maya Angelou

Born As:

Marguerite Annie Johnson

Other Names:

Maya Angelou

Born:

4 Apr 1928

Died:





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Actor, writer and poet                          
Autobiographies

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - 1969
Gather Together in My Name - 1974
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas - 1976
The Heart of a Woman - 1981
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes - 1986
A Song Flung Up To Heaven - 2002

The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou - 2004                                               
Mother Vivian Baxter Johnson
Father Bailey Johnson
First husband Toss Angelos
Maya tends not to admit how many times she has been married, "for fear of sounding frivolous.”                                              
Before graduating, she worked as the first black female streetcar conductor in San Francisco.

National Book Award nomination for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Pulitzer Prize nomination for her book of poetry, Just Give Me A Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die.

Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1973 play Look Away
Emmy nomination for her role as Kunta Kinte's grandmother in the television miniseries "Roots,"

Three Grammys for her spoken word albums.

Served on two presidential committees, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Arts in 2000.

Maya as been awarded over thirty honorary degrees.                                              
Three weeks after completing school, she gave birth to her son, Guy Johnson, who also became a poet.