Claudia Rankine

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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."

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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

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