Yusef Komunyakaa

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Yusef Komunyakaa is an acclaimed American poet known for his jazz-influenced style and powerful explorations of race, memory, and the Vietnam War.

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instanceOf Vietnam War veteran
human
poet
professor
awardReceived American Book Award NERFINISHED
Dark Room Collective Award NERFINISHED
Griffin Poetry Prize (shortlist) NERFINISHED
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award NERFINISHED
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry NERFINISHED
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize NERFINISHED
Thomas Forcade Award NERFINISHED
Wallace Stevens Award NERFINISHED
birthName James William Brown NERFINISHED
conflict Vietnam War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1947-04-29
educatedAt Colorado State University NERFINISHED
University of California, Irvine NERFINISHED
University of Colorado Boulder NERFINISHED
employer Indiana University NERFINISHED
New York University NERFINISHED
Princeton University
University of New Orleans NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Brown NERFINISHED
genre poetry
givenName James
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters NERFINISHED
militaryBranch United States Army
movement contemporary American poetry
name Yusef Komunyakaa NERFINISHED
notableWork Dien Cai Dau NERFINISHED
Magic City NERFINISHED
Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems NERFINISHED
Pleasure Dome: New and Collected Poems NERFINISHED
Talking Dirty to the Gods NERFINISHED
Testimony: A Tribute to Charlie Parker NERFINISHED
The Chameleon Couch NERFINISHED
Thieves of Paradise NERFINISHED
Warhorses NERFINISHED
occupation poet
university teacher
placeOfBirth Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED
pseudonym Yusef Komunyakaa NERFINISHED
residence New York City
style jazz-influenced poetry
writingTheme Southern Black experience
Vietnam War NERFINISHED
memory
race

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