Biography of Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Biography

Poet, Author, Civil Rights Activist (1928–2014)

Quick Facts

Name

Maya Angelou

Occupation

Poet, Author, Civil Rights Activist

Birth Date

April 4, 1928

Death Date

May 28, 2014

Education

George Washington High School, California Labor School

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri

AKA

Marguerite Johnson

Marguerite Ann Johnson

Nickname

Maya

Full Name

Marguerite Annie Johnson

Maya Angelou is a poet and award-winning memoirist known for the acclaimed poetry collection I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

“A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”

—Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou - A short biography of author and poet Maya Angelou who wrote the bestselling autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

Synopsis Of Maya Angelou Biography

Born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou is known for her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first nonfiction best-seller by an African-American woman. In 1971, Angelou published the Pulitzer Prize-nominated poetry collection Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die. She later wrote the poem "On the Pulse of Morning"—one of her most famous works—which she recited at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993. Angelou has received several honors throughout her career, including two NAACP Image Awards in the outstanding literary work (nonfiction) category, in 2005 and 2009.

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