1998Nominee
Best Performance
Bulworth
Amiri Baraka
Actor · Director · Writer
Newark, New Jersey, USA
October 7, 1934
Biography
Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones October 7, 1934), formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, is an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and has taught at a number of universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received the PEN Open Book Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award, in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2026Nominee
Best Writing
The Dutchman
1972Winner
Best Performance
Nationtime: Gary
Career Highlights
1971Highlight
Best Writing
A Fable
2006Highlight
Best Performance
The Pact
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Bulworth
The Dutchman
Nationtime: Gary