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Also known as Amanda S. C. Gorman

American poet and activist

Person · Open Library

Works
25

Top works

  • Weathering change
  • Girls on the Rise
  • Cancion Del Cambio
  • Algo, Algun Dia
  • Change Sings

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Film & TV

Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA

Amanda Gorman is an American poet and activist from Los Angeles, California. Gorman's work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman is the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate.

Known for

  • Zootopia 2 — Deerdra Bambino (voice)2025
  • The American Revolution — Phillis Wheatley (voice)2025
  • The ABCs of Book Banning — Self2024
  • We the People — (voice)2021
  • The Oprah Conversation — Self2020
  • Tamron Hall — Self - Guest2019
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest2015
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest2014
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self2014
  • Leute heute — Self1997

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1998

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
28
Total plays
45

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Quotes

  • In 1863, deep in the Civil War's magnitude, Abraham Lincoln declared a day of gratitude Shared by one heart and one voice of America. A proclamation for a nation in a nightmare, This Thanksgiving dared Americans To chime their thanks at a time when many believed They had no thanks to give.
  • To be American is to be a kin To a courageous hope: The trust that even if just for a moment We can, we must, close rank as people, One heart, one voice, one mind, created equal.
  • When day comes we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry. A sea we must wade. We’ve braved the belly of the beast. We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace. In the norms and notions of what "just is" isn’t always justice. And yet, the dawn is ours before we knew it. Somehow we do it. Somehow we’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished.
  • We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy. And this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated. In this truth, in this faith we trust for while we have our eyes on the future, history has its eyes on us.
  • This is the era of just redemption. We feared it at its inception. We did not feel prepared to be the heirs of such a terrifying hour, but within it, we found the power to author a new chapter, to offer hope and laughter to ourselves so while once we asked, "How could we possibly prevail over catastrophe? " Now we assert, "How could catastrophe possibly prevail over us?"
  • We will not march back to what was, but move to what shall be a country that is bruised, but whole, benevolent, but bold, fierce, and free. We will not be turned around or interrupted by intimidation because we know our inaction and inertia will be the inheritance of the next generation. Our blunders become their burdens. But one thing is certain, if we merge mercy with might and might with right, then love becomes our legacy and change our children’s birthright.

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Key facts

Born
( 1998-03-07 ) March 7, 1998 (age 28) , Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education
Harvard University ( BA )
Occupations
Poet activist
Agents
IMG Models (fashion & beauty) Writers House (literary) Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown and Passman (legal)
Notable work
The Hill We Climb
Preceded by
Inaugural holder
Succeeded by
Patricia Frazier Shay
Website
www .theamandagorman .com

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Encyclopedic overview

Amanda S. C. Gorman (born March 7, 1998) is an American poet, activist, and model. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015. She rose to fame in 2021 for writing and delivering her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the inauguration of Joe Biden. Gorman's inauguration poem generated international acclaim and, shortly thereafter, two of her books achieved best-seller status and she obtained a professional management contract.

Gorman was highlighted in Time magazine's 100 Next list under the category of "Phenoms", with a profile written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. That same month, Gorman became the first poet to perform at the Super Bowl, when she delivered her poem "Chorus of the Captains" at Super Bowl LV.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amanda Gorman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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