Komunyakaa, Yusef

Yusef Komunyakaa (* 29. April 1947 in Bogalusa, Louisiana) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, der zurzeit* an der New York University lehrt. Er ist Mitglied bei dem Fellowship of Southern Writers und erhielt bedeutende Literaturpreise, wie den Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, den Pulitzer-Preis für Poesie (beide 1994) und den Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2001). In seinem Werk behandelt er Themen, die von afroamerikanischem Lebensgefühl, über die Problematik ländlichen Lebens in den Südstaaten vor der Bürgerrechtsbewegung bis hin zu eigenen Erfahrungen als Soldat im Vietnam-Krieg reichen. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusef_Komunyakaa

Yusef Komunyakaa (born James William Brown; April 29, 1941)** 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. Komunyakaa received the 2007 Louisiana Writer Award for his contribution to poetry. His subject matter ranges from the black experience through rural Southern life before the Civil Rights era and his experience as a soldier during the Vietnam War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusef_Komunyakaa

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**) This birth date is according to US Army discharge papers of 14 December 1966 and other evidence as cited by his former wife Mandy Sayer, although passport supposedly says 1947)