maya angelou

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Seema Mishra

India

October 27 , 2008

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou is an American poet , a remarkable memoirist , an actress and has also been

a vital stature in American Civil Rights Movements . Maya Angelou is popularly known

for her autobiographies , the first one of the series was I Know Why The Cage Birds

Sing , which was published in the year 1969 and brought her fame along with

nomination for a National Book Award too . This book followed a series of five more

autobiographies . However

the critics are of the opinion that the first book was not written

with the intention of writing a series as all the books have nothing in common like the

style or narration . But these books are said to be from the memories of her life and the

first book is said to recount her first ten to eleven years of her life She was more admired

for her guts to discuss her personal life in public , as she was one of the first African

American women to do so

Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water `Fore I Die ' was her famous volume of poetry

which was nominated for Pulitzer Prize and was published in the year 1971 . Later in her

career , Maya wrote articles , short stories and poetry for famous magazines like

Cosmopolitan , Essence , Black Scholar , Redbook Magazine and many more She even

composed music for movies , produced plays , lectured at universities and served different

communities

Considering Maya Angelou 's short...