Kein, Sybil

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Name (Latin)
Kein, Sybil
Other forms of name
Provost, Consuela
Date of birth
1939-09-29
Date of death
2022
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 54241811
Wikidata: Q7659520
Library of congress: n 84041449
Sources of Information
  • online video (47:10 Sybil Kein speaks and sings ( (James Madison University Aviary Platform. Furious Flower Poetry Center Conference 1994, Supercut Part 8, 1994 October 1 :) )
  • Library of Congress Biography, Sybil Kein, viewed August 9, 2024:online (Sybil Kein was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1939. A Creole scholar, poet, and playwright, she is the author of 28 plays; books on Creole culture, including Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color (2000; and five volumes of poetry, including Delta Dancer (1984), An American South (1996), and Gombo People (1981), which was the first book published in Creole. Kein won a Hopwood Award for her poetry, and has released several CDs of Creole music and recordings. For many years she taught English and theater at the University of Michigan in Flint, where she is now Professor Emerita. Kein currently lives in Natchitoches, Louisiana.)
  • Wikipedia, Sybil Kein, viewed August 9, 2024:online (Sybil Kein, also known as Consuela Provost (born Consuela Marie Moore; September 29, 1939 - October 28, 2022), was a Louisiana Creole poet, playwright, scholar, and musician. In 1981 Provost published Gombo People, a volume of poetry representing the first contribution to American letters of original literature in the Louisiana Creole language. Provost has been named "Chercheur Associe" of the Sorbonne in Paris, France for her work in Creole culture; and distinguished "Professeur Émérite" of The University of Michigan.)
  • Her Gombo people, c1981:t.p. (Sybil Kein)
  • Her Sybil Kein reading her poems [SR] 1978:program information (Sybil Kein, pseud. of Consuela Provost)
  • Creole, c2000:CIP t.p. (Sybil Kein) data view (b. Sept. 29, 1939)
  • U.S. copyright file, June 8, 2005(Kein, Sybil, pseud. [of Provost, Consuela M., 1935-])
  • Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), June 8, 2005(Sybil Kein; b. Consuela Marie Moore, Sept. 29, 1939, New Orleans, La.; University of Michigan, Ph. D. (American ethnic literature), 1975; educator, poet, dramatist, musician, lecturer, and performer specializing in Creole arts and culture; also known as Consuela Provost)