#2950 Overall Influence

Amiri Baraka

African-American writer

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From Wikipedia

Amiri Baraka , previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at several universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received the PEN/Beyond Margins Award in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.

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Schools

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The New School

University in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village

Columbia University

Private Ivy League research university in New York City

Howard University

University in Washington D.C.

San Francisco State University

University in San Francisco, California

Stony Brook University

Public university in Stony Brook, New York, United States

Rutgers University

Multi-campus American public research university in New Jersey, United States

University at Buffalo

University with campuses in and around Buffalo, NY and Amherst, NY

Notable Works

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Influence Rankings by Discipline

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#629 World Rank #142 USA Rank

Literature

#3620 World Rank #2046 USA Rank

Communications