Alexis De Veaux

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Nationality United States Occupation WriterIllustrator		Name Alexis Veaux Role Writer

Born September 24, 1948 (age 75) ( 1948-09-24 ) Harlem, New York, United States Awards Lambda Literary Award for Biography Nominations Stonewall Book Awards - Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award, Coretta Scott King Award for Authors Books Warrior Poet: A Biograph, An Enchanted Hair Tale, Don't explain, Yabo, Spirits in the Street

Warrior poet a biography of audre lorde by alexis de veaux

Alexis De Veaux (born September 24, 1948) is a black, lesbian American writer and illustrator. She chaired the Department of Women's Studies, at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her surname also appears as DeVeaux.

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Life

She was born on September 24, 1948, in Harlem. In 1976 De Veaux received her BA from State University of New York Empire State College. De Veaux received her MA and PhD from the University of Buffalo. She wrote for Essence magazine, from 1979 to 1991.

Works

Na-Ni, Harper & Row, 1973

Spirits in the street, Anchor Press, 1974

Gap Tooth Girlfriends: An Anthology, Gap Tooth Girlfriends Publications, 1981

Blue Heat: A Portfolio of Poems & Drawings, Diva Pub. Associates, 1985

This Far by Faith: A Writer's Autobiography, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1989

Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday, Writers & Readers Publishing, Incorporated, 1988, ISBN 9780863161322

Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde. W.W. Norton. 2004. ISBN 978-0-393-01954-4.

Yabo, Redbone Press, 2014

Awards

1972: Short story Remember Him, an Outlaw received National Black Fiction Award.

1972: First prize from Black Creation for a short story.

1973 best production award from Westchester Community College Drama Festival for Circles.

1974: NA-NI received Brooklyn Museum of Art Books for Children Award.

1981: Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday appeared on the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults list.

1981: National Endowment for the Arts fellow

1982: Unity in Media Award

1984: MADRE Humanitarian Award

1984: Fannie Lou Hammer Award

1988: An Enchanted Hair Tale received American Library Association Coretta Scott King Award.

1991: An Enchanted Hair Tale received Lorraine Hansberry Award for Excellence in Children's Literature.

2005: Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde received the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award

References

Alexis De Veaux Wikipedia

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