This eclectic and powerful
activist, poet, and playwright was born in September 9, 1934 in Birmingham,
Alabama.
Since the day she was born Sonia Sanchez has been a force to be reckoned.
Enduring the sad lost of her mother at the age of one. She moved from
relative to relative homes before moving with her father. She attended
several NYC public schools before going to Hunter College, where she
received a B.A. in English in 1955.
Someone
once said, "Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite
equal the experience behind them." But somehow Sonia Sanchez has
the ability to encompass her experience into a three-line paragraph
and make you feel like you were there. Sanchez has the ability to touch
revoluntaries and politicians alike with her effectual commentary on
subjects like war, pain, and politics. Sanchez who has long been a political
activist for the rights of revolutionaries, women’s rights, and
racial justice is a professor of English at Temple University.
She
has written hundreds of poems and written and co-authored sixteen books.
Some of her most famous work includes “Homecoming” (1969)
which focused on sexism, political abuse, child abuse, and the effect
of slavery on the free blacks and homegirls & handgrenades (1984),
which focused on the relationships of black women. Sanchez has received
critical acclaim and several awards for her poetry including The American
Book Award; the Governor’s Award for Excellence, and The Outstanding
Arts Award from the Coalition of 100 Black.
Someone
once said, "Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite
equal the experience behind them." But somehow Sonia Sanchez has
the ability to encompass her experience into a three-line paragraph
and make you feel like you were there. Sanchez has the ability to touch
revoluntaries and politicians alike with her effectual commentary on
subjects like war, pain, and politics. Sanchez who has long been a political
activist for the rights of revolutionaries, women’s rights, and
racial justice is a professor of English at Temple University.
She
has written hundreds of poems and written and co-authored sixteen books.
Some of her most famous work includes “Homecoming” (1969)
which focused on sexism, political abuse, child abuse, and the effect
of slavery on the free blacks and homegirls & handgrenades (1984),
which focused on the relationships of black women. Sanchez has received
critical acclaim and several awards for her poetry including The American
Book Award; the Governor’s Award for Excellence, and The Outstanding
Arts Award from the Coalition of 100 Black.
