Sonia Sanchez
Sign in to saveAlso known as Wilsonia Driver, Sonia Sánchez, Sonja Sanchez
American poet, playwright and activist
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1934
- Works
- 34
Top works
- Liberation poem
- SOS/Calling All Black People
- Black Panther: the revolutionary art of Emory Douglas
- Things Fall Apart with Connections
- Uh huh, but how do it free us?
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,458
- Total plays
- 22,818
Tags
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Sonia Sanchez is an African American poet most often associated with the Black Arts Movement. Born Wilsonia Benita Driver in Birmingham, Alabama on September 9, 1934, she has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as plays and children's books <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sonia+Sanchez">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Official website
Sonia Sanchez
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sonia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Birmingham
- Occupation
- editor
- Educated at
- Hunter College
- Employer
- Temple University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.soniasanchez.net
- Image
- Sonia Sanchez braids (46604500534).jpg
- Work location
- Philadelphia
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- Commons category
- Sonia Sanchez
- date of birth
- 1934-09-09
- member of
- Alpha Kappa Alpha
- birth name
- Wilsonia Bonita Driver
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- writing language
- English language
Sources (7)
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