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| Born | James William Brown, April 29, 1941 (according to US Army discharge papers of 14 December 1966 and other evidence as cited by his former wife Mandy Sayer, although passport supposedly says 1947) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Colorado State University |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | "Facing It" |
| Notable awards | Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. |
About Yusef Komunyakaa
Poet Yusef Komunyakaa was born in Louisiana, United States on April 29, 1941. He's 82 years old today.
Copacetic and I Apologize for the Eyes in My Head are two poems by an African-American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize. The former is defined by jazz music's rhythms, while the latter won the San Francisco Poetry Prize.
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Yusef Komunyakaa before becoming famous
Yusef Komunyakaa was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1941 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.
He was one of five children born to a carpenter in Louisiana. Before attending the University of Colorado, he served in the Vietnam War.
Achievement of Yusef Komunyakaa
He was a professor at Indiana University, Princeton University, New York University, and the University of New Orleans, among other institutions.
Yusef Komunyakaa's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
He was married to novelist Mandy Sayer for ten years before marrying poet Poet Reetika Vazirani and having a child with her. In 2003, Vazirani tragically killed herself and the couple's child.
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During the 1990s, he and Poet Philip Levine were both awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
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