Maya Angelou Research Paper

Maya Angelou was an American, author, actress, screenwriter, dancer, poet and civil writes activist. Maya Angelou was born April 4th 1928 and she died May 28th 2014. She lived a great and successful life. Maya was best known for her 1969 memoir, I

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The memoir made literary history as the first non-fiction best seller by an African-American woman. She even wrote a poem, ( On the Pulse of Morning) especially for and recited at Bill Clinton’s Presidential Inauguration in january of 1993. Angelou went on to win a grammy for the audio version of the poem. She also received many other honors throughout her career before her passing such as, two NAACP awards in 2005 and 2009, she got a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010, she won three grammys in 1994, 1996, and 2003, she also won a Gracie award in 2008 along with many many more awards. Maya first started writing on the late 1950’s when she joined the Harlem Writers Guild. She had a lot of help from friend and novelists James Baldwin when beginning her writing career. Her poems are very meaningful.

Edgar Allen Poe was born January 19th 1809 and he died October 7th 1849. He died at a fairly young age but he did a lot before his passing. Allen Poe was an American writer, poet, critic, and editor. He was best known for his short stories and poems that bring strong images, feeling, or memories to mind. His imaginative storytelling and tales of mystery and horror was a main factor in some of his work. Many of Poe’s work are Literary classics such as,