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- Works
- 25
Top works
- Weathering change
- Girls on the Rise
- Cancion Del Cambio
- Algo, Algun Dia
- Change Sings
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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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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Amanda
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- political activist
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- writing
- Official website
- www.theamandagorman.com
- Image
- Amanda Gorman 2021.jpg
- Significant event
- inauguration of Joe Biden
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- date of birth
- 1998-03-07
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- Amanda Gorman
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- English language
- social media followers
- 7640
- name in native language
- Amanda Gorman
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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.