Sonia Sanchez

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Black Arts Movement writer Black feminist writer activist educator person playwright poet

Sonia Sanchez is an influential American poet, playwright, and activist whose work and teaching have been central to Black Arts and Black feminist literary movements.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Black Arts Movement writer → Black feminist writer → activist → educator → person → playwright → poet →
awardReceived	American Book Award → Langston Hughes Poetry Award → National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship → PEN Writing Award → Robert Frost Medal → Wallace Stevens Award →
birthName	Wilsonia Benita Driver →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1934-09-09 →
educatedAt	Hunter College →
ethnicGroup	African American →
fieldOfWork	African American literature → Black studies → women's studies →
genre	drama → essay → poetry →
hasInfluenced	Black feminist writers → contemporary African American poets →
knownFor	Black feminist literary activism → contributions to the Black Arts Movement → innovative use of Black English and jazz rhythms in poetry →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	Black Arts Movement → Black feminism →
name	Sonia Sanchez →
notableWork	Does Your House Have Lions? → Homecoming → Homegirls and Handgrenades → I've Been a Woman → Love Poems → Shake Loose My Skin → Under a Soprano Sky → We a BaddDDD People →
occupation	activist → playwright → poet → professor →
placeOfBirth	Birmingham, Alabama, United States →
residence	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
taughtAt	San Francisco State University → Temple University →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing →	contributor
Third World Press →	hasPublished
Sonia Sanchez →	name
Black Arts Movement →	notableFigure
Broadside Press →	publishedAuthor