Nikki Giovanni death: Poet and activist was 81 - USA TODAY
Dec 10, 2024 · Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., the internationally recognized poet and provocateur, died Monday in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was 81. Giovanni was a prolific writer, activist, educator ...
‘The Princess of Black Poetry,’ Nikki Giovanni, has died at 81 | AP News
Dec 10, 2024 · Giovanni was a National Book Award finalist in 1973 for a prose work about her life, “Gemini.” She also received a Grammy nomination for the spoken word album “The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection.” In January 2009, at the request of NPR, she wrote a poem about the incoming president, Barack Obama: “I’ll walk the streets. And knock ...
Nikki Giovanni: Acclaimed poet and activist dies at 81 | CNN
Dec 10, 2024 · Renowned poet, activist, author and professor Nikki Giovanni has died. She was 81. “The acclaimed poet, Black Arts Movement icon whose poems of wit, wonder, and wisdom were celebrated in ...
Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81
Dec 9, 2024 · FILE - Virginia Tech English Professor, Nikki Giovanni speaks closing remarks at a convocation to honor the victims of a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on April 17, 2007.
Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81
Dec 10, 2024 · Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. was born on June 7, 1943, in Knoxville, Tenn., to Yolande (Watson) Giovanni and Jones Giovanni, known as Gus. Her older sister, Gary Ann, nicknamed her Nikki.
Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, dies at age 81
Dec 10, 2024 · Nikki Giovanni, a renowned poet, author, educator and public speaker, was the subject of the award-winning documentary "Going to Mars." ... Ana Orsini, Arizona news anchor, dies at 28
American Poet & Former MSJ Creative Writing Professor Nikki Giovanni ...
4 days ago · In 2022, Giovanni returned to her old stomping grounds at the Mount to celebrate National Poetry Month after her time as a professor here in 1985. "I had the privilege to hear Nikki Giovanni speak and read her poetry at an event held on campus in April 2022," says Head of Access Services at the Mount, Josh Zeller '17, MLIS.
Black arts literary icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81 - BBC News
Dec 10, 2024 · Acclaimed poet and literary force Nikki Giovanni, who was at the forefront of the Black Arts Movement, and known across the world for her defiant yet endearing prose about race, gender, sex and...
Poet Nikki Giovanni dies at 81 - NPR
Dec 10, 2024 · The renowned poet Nikki Giovanni has died. Giovanni died on Monday, Dec. 9, following her third cancer diagnosis, according to a statement from friend and author Renée Watson. She was 81. "We ...
Poet Nikki Giovanni, author and literary celebrity, has died at 81
Dec 10, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who rose from borrowing money to release her first book to decades as a literary celebrity sharing her blunt and...