Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
1 appearances
Haki R. Madhubuti
ハキ・アール・マドゥブティ
Haki R. Madhubuti
Aliases:
Don Luther Lee / Don L. Lee
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1942-02-23 （Little Rock, Arkansas）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English, Swahili
- Residence History
- Little Rock, Arkansas → Detroit, Michigan → Chicago, Illinois
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Author, Educator, Publisher
- Active Years
- 1963-
- Affiliations
- Third World Press, Chicago State University, Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing
- Influenced By
- Gwendolyn Brooks, Richard Wright
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Iowa | — | Iowa Writers' Workshop | MFA | — | United States |
University of Iowa
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
1984
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | American Book Award | — | — | — | Winner |
| 1984 | Distinguished Writers Award | — | — | Middle Atlantic Writers Association | Winner |
American Book Award
1991
Result:
Winner
Distinguished Writers Award
1984
Organization:
Middle Atlantic Writers Association
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous?: The African American Family in Transition
1990 Non-fictionA nonfiction book about African-American social issues, sold over 1,000,000 copies.
African American familySocial issuesBlack men
Yellow Black: The First Twenty-One Years of a Poet's Life
2005 Autobiographical novelAutobiographical novel detailing the first 21 years of his life.
Early lifeBlack experience
GroundWork: New and Selected Poems 1966–1996
1996 PoetryNew and selected poems from 1966 to 1996.
Black Arts
Bibliography
- Dynamite Voices I: Black Poets of the 1960s
- Book of Life
- Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors
- Claiming Earth: Race, Rage, Rape, Redemption
- GroundWork: New and Selected Poems 1966–1996
- HeartLove: Wedding and Love Poems
- Tough Notes: A Healing Call for Creating Exceptional Black Men
- Yellow Black: The First Twenty-One Years of a Poet's Life
- Taking Bullets: Black Boys and Men in Twenty-first Century America
- Taught by Women: Poems as Resistance Language: New and Selected
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Rhythmic, experimental styleFree verseShift from personal to political
- Recurring Motifs
- Black Arts MovementBlack identitySocial justice
Legacy
Key contributor to the Black Arts Movement and founder of Third World Press, the oldest independent Black publishing house in the US. Influential in Black literature and education, with over 3 million books in print.
Trivia
- 'Haki' means 'just' or 'justice,' and 'Madhubuti' means 'precise, accurate and dependable,' both Swahili names adopted in 1974 after visiting Africa.
- His mother Maxine is the prime force behind his creativity and interest in Black literature.
- Founded Third World Press in 1967, considered the oldest independent Black publishing house in the US.