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Yusef Komunyakaa

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Gender Male
Age 76
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
GenresPoetry
Children Jehan Vazirani Komunyakaa
Notabl awardKingsley 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
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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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