作品简介:
MayaAngelou是美国文坛最耀眼的黑人nv作家和诗人,成名作是一部名为IKnowWhytheCagedBirdSings的自传体小说。1993年她在美国总统BillClinton的就职仪式上特邀朗诵献诗OnthePulseoftheMorning,从而成为美国历史上继RobertFrost之后的官方诗人。
StillIRise是MayaAngelou的诗歌代表作,是继MartinLutherKing的IHaveaDream之后美国黑人争取民权的又一纪念碑式的作品。
MayaAngelouishailedasoneofthegreatvoicesofcontemporaryliteratureandasaremarkableRenaissancewoman.Beingapoet,educator,historian,best-sellingauthor,actress,playwright,civil-rightsactivist,produceranddirector,Dr.Angeloucontinuestotraveltheworldmakingappearances,spreadingherlegendarywisdom.
Amesmerizingvisionofgrace,swayingandstirringwhenshemoves,Dr.Angeloucaptivatesheraudienceslyricallywithvigor,fireandperception.Shehastheuniqueabilitytoshattertheopaqueprismsofraceandclassbetweenreaderandsubjectthroughoutherbooksofpoetryandherautobiographies.
Dr.Angelouhasauthoredtwelvebest-sellingbooksincludingIKnowWhytheCagedBirdSings,ASongFlungUptoHeavenandEventheStarsLookLonesome
In1981,Dr.AngelouwasappointedtoalifetimepositionasthefirstReynoldsProfessorofAmericanStudiesatWakeForestUniversity.
InJanuary1993,shebecameonlythesecondpoetinU.S.HistorytohavethehonorofwritingandrecitingoriginalworkatthePresidentialInauguration.
作者:玛雅·盎格鲁
标签:ThePoetryofMayaAngelou玛雅·盎格鲁