BIO
NIKKI GIOVANNI
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YOLANDE CORNELIA "NIKKI" GIOVANNI (BORN JUNE 7,1943) IS ANAMERICAN POET, WRITER, COMMENTATOR,
ACTIVIST, AND EDUCATOR
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NIKKI GIOVANNI WAS BORN IN KNOXVILLE,TENNESSEE, AND GREW UP IN LINCOLNHEIGHTS.
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SHE AND HER SISTER SPENT THEIR SUMMERSWITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS IN KNOXVILLE,
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SHE GRADUATED WITH HONORS FROM FISKUNIVERSITY.
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SHE PUBLISHED HER FIRST BOOK OF POETRY,BLACK FEELING BLACK TALK, IN 1968.
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ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY-READ AMERICANPOETS, SHE PRIDES HERSELF ON BEING "ABLACK AMERICAN, A DAUGHTER, A MOTHER, APROFESSOR OF ENGLISH." GIOVANNIREMAINS AS DETERMINED AND COMMITTED
AS EVER TO THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ANDEQUALITY.
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EARLY IN HER CAREER SHE WAS DUBBED THE"PRINCESS OF BLACK POETRY," AND OVER THECOURSE OF MORE THAN THREE DECADES OFPUBLISHING AND LECTURING SHE HAS COMETO BE CALLED BOTH A "NATIONAL TREASURE" AND, MOST RECENTLY, ONE OF OPRAHWINFREY'S TWENTY-FIVE "LIVING LEGENDS."
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MANY OF GIOVANNI'S BOOKS HAVE RECEIVEDHONORS AND AWARDS.
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HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY, GEMINI, WAS AFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD;
"NIKKI GIOVANNI: BIO: BIOGRAPHY."
YOLANDA CORNELIA "NIKKI" GIOVANNI: POET, VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
. 2002. WEB. 08 FEB. 2012. <HTTP://NIKKI-GIOVANNI.COM/BIO.SHTML>.WEBSITE
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