Yusef Komunyakaa
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 77 |
| Date of birth | April 29,1947 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Bogalusa |
| Louisiana | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Mandy Sayer |
| Parents | James William Brown |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize | |
| Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award | |
| Genres | Poetry |
| Children | Jehan Vazirani Komunyakaa |
| Notabl award | Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award |
| Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | |
| Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize | |
| Zbigniew Herbert Award | |
| Notabl work | Facing It |
| Neon Vernacular | |
| Talking Dirty to the Gods | |
| Education | Colorado State University |
| University of California Irvine | |
| University of Colorado Colorado Springs | |
| University of California, Irvine | |
| Books | Facing It |
| Dien Cai Dau | |
| Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems | |
| Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth: New and Selected Poems, 2001-2021 | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 413115 |
Yusef Komunyakaa Life story
Yusef Komunyakaa 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.
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