Now Sheba Sings The Song

Angelou, Maya & Feelings, Tom

ISBN 10: 0860689247 / ISBN 13: 9780860689249

Editore: E.P. Dutton/Dial Books, 1987

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Titolo: Now Sheba Sings The Song

Casa editrice: E.P. Dutton/Dial Books

Data di pubblicazione: 1987

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto:

An astonishing poem by Maya Angelou inspired by an equally breath-taking collection of drawings of black women from Africa, America, South America and the Caribbean islands by artist Tom Feelings.
The drawings capture the beauty, fluidity and grace of the women which resonate throughout the poem encapsulating the strength and dignity of Africa's daughters.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Dr Maya Angelou was one of the world's most important writers and activists. Born 4 April 1928, she lived and chronicled an extraordinary life: rising from poverty, violence and racism, she became a renowned author, poet, playwright, civil rights' activist - working with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King - and memoirist. She wrote and performed a poem, 'On the Pulse of Morning', for President Clinton on his inauguration; she was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama and was honoured by more than seventy universities throughout the world.

She first thrilled the world with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). This was followed by six volumes of autobiography, the seventh and final volume, Mom & Me & Mom, published in 2013. She wrote three collections of essays; many volumes of poetry, including His Day is Done, a tribute to Nelson Mandela; and two cookbooks. She had a lifetime appointment as Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University of North Carolina. Dr Angelou died on 28 May 2014.