Sonia Sanchez
Sonia Sanchez, born Wilsonia Benita Driver on September 9, 1934, in Birmingham,
Alabama, United States, is an American poet, playwright, and professor
associated with the Black Arts Movement. Sanchez earned a Bachelor's degree in
political science from Hunter College in 1955 and pursued postgraduate studies
at New York University. In 1971, Sanchez released her spoken word album, A Sun
Lady for All Seasons Reads Her Poetry, on Folkways Records. Sanchez published
poetry collections and plays, receiving a Pew Fellowship in the Arts in 1993, an
American Book Award in 1985 for Homegir...
