I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings: The internationally bestselling classic (The international classic)

Angelou, Dr Maya

ISBN 10: 086068511X / ISBN 13: 9780860685111

Published by Virago Press Ltd, 1993

Seller Inventory # GOR007767074

Synopsis:

One of America's most important classics, the first and best loved volume of Maya Angelou's bestselling seven-volume autobiography

About the Author:

Maya Angelou was one of the world's most important writers and activists. Born 4 April 1928, she lived and chronicled an extraordinary life: rising from poverty, violence and racism, she became a renowned author, memoirist, poet, playwright, civil rights' activist - working with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. She wrote and performed a poem, 'On the Pulse of Morning', for President Clinton on his inauguration. She was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama and was honoured by more than seventy universities throughout the world.

She first thrilled the world with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). This was followed by six volumes of autobiography, the seventh and final volume, Mom & Me & Mom, published in 2013. She wrote three collections of essays; many volumes of poetry, including His Day is Done, a tribute to Nelson Mandela; and two cookbooks. She had a lifetime appointment as Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University of North Carolina. She died in 2014.

Bibliographic Details

Title: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings: The ...
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fine