Claudia Rankine

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book essayist person playwright poet professor

Claudia Rankine is a Jamaican-born American poet, playwright, and essayist renowned for her genre-blending works that confront race, citizenship, and contemporary American life, particularly in her acclaimed book "Citizen: An American Lyric."

Aliases (1)

Citizen: An American Lyric ×9

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book → essayist → person → playwright → poet → professor →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Master of Fine Arts →
author	Claudia Rankine →
awardReceived	Forward Prize for Best Collection → MacArthur Fellowship → National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry → National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry → PEN Open Book Award →
countryOfCitizenship	Jamaica → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1963-09-15 →
educatedAt	Columbia University → Williams College NERFINISHED →
employer	Barnard College → Pomona College → University of Southern California → Yale University →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Rankine →
fieldOfWork	citizenship → contemporary American life → race and racism in the United States →
founded	Racial Imaginary Institute →
genre	drama → essay → essay → lyric essay → poetry → poetry →
givenName	Claudia →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mainTheme	citizenship → microaggressions → racism in contemporary America →
movement	African-American literature → contemporary literature → experimental literature →
name	Claudia Rankine →
notableWork	Citizen: An American Lyric → Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric → Just Us: An American Conversation → Nothing in Nature is Private → Plot → The End of the Alphabet → The White Card →
occupation	essayist → playwright → poet → professor →
placeOfBirth	Kingston, Jamaica →
residence	New York City →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Citizen: An American Lyric →	author
Claudia →	hasNotableBearers
Claudia Rankine →	name