Sonia Sanchez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sonia Sanchez

poet, playwright and activist

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1934

Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, playwright, editor, school teacher, children's writer, political activist, peace activist, anthologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sonia Sanchez (born Wilsonia Benita Driver; September 9, 1934), a poet of the Black Arts Movement taking place between 1960 through 1975, authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children’s books.
In the 1960s, Sanchez released poems in periodicals targeting black audiences and published her collection, Homecoming, in 1969 through Broadside Press.
In 1993, she received a grant through the program Pew Fellowships in the Arts and in 2001 was awarded the Robert Frost Medal for her contributions to the canon of American poetry.
She has been influential to other African-American female poets, including Krista Franklin.