Knight, Etheridge, 1931-1991
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Name (Latin)
Knight, Etheridge, 1931-1991
Date of birth
1931-04-19
Date of death
1991-03-10
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Black Arts movement
Toasts (African American folk poetry)
Occupation
Poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- wikipedia.org, 18 Feb. 2017(Etheridge Knight; b. 19 Apr. 1931 in Corinth, MS; d. 10 Mar. 1991 in Indianapolis, IN; African-American poet, one of the major poets of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and 1970s; served in the Korean War, then settled in Indianapolis, IN and picked up the art of telling toasts; served prison sentence for an act of robbery in support of his drug additiction; began writing poetry in prison; served as writer-in-residence at several universities, including 1968-1969 at the University of Pittsburgh; lived in Minneapolis, MN and Memphis, TN; earned BA from Martin Center University in Indianapolis; taught at the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Hartford, and Lincoln University)
- His Poems from prison, 1968.
- NUCMC data from Univ. of Toledo Lib. (Ohio) for His Papers, 1960-1983(Etheridge Knight; b. 1931; poet)
- Cont. auth., 1977(Knight, Etheridge, 1931- ; b. April 19, 1931, in Corinth, Miss.; s. Bushie and Belzora (Cozart) Knight; home: Indianapolis, Ind.; Guggenheim fellowship, 1974)
- Understanding Etheridge Knight, 2012:ECIP t.p. (Etheridge Knight) data view (b. 1931, d. 1991)