Yusef Komunyakaa
American poet (born 1940s)
79 years oldTaurusUnited States
Biography
Yusef Komunyakaa (born James William Brown Jr.; April 29, 1941 or 1947) is an American poet who teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for Neon Vernacular and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He also received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2001. Komunyakaa received the 2007 Louisiana Writer Award for his contribution to poetry.
His subject matters include the Black experience, rural Southern life before the civil rights movement, and his experience as a soldier during the Vietnam War.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- LSU New Orleans
- New York University
Family
- Spouse(s)
- Mandy Sayer
Awards & honours (6)
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- Bronze Star Medal
- Shelley Memorial Award
- Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award
- Wallace Stevens Award
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
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