Yusef Komunyakaa

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Yusef_Komunyakaa

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:poet
gptkbp:art_movement	gptkb:church Confessional poetry
gptkbp:associated_act	gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:William_Carlos_Williams_Award gptkb:The_Ruth_Lilly_Poetry_Prize gptkb:The_Anisfield-Wolf_Book_Award gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Poetry gptkb:The_Academy_of_American_Poets_Fellowship gptkb:The_O._Henry_Award gptkb:The_Pushcart_Prize gptkb:Wallace_Stevens_Award gptkb:The_National_Book_Critics_Circle_Award gptkb:Kingsley_Tufts_Poetry_Award gptkb:Fellowship_of_the_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters gptkb:The_Pushcart_Prize_for_Poetry gptkb:The_John_Simon_Guggenheim_Memorial_Foundation_Fellowship gptkb:The_Langston_Hughes_Medal gptkb:The_Lannan_Literary_Award_for_Poetry gptkb:The_Poetry_Society_of_America’s_Shelley_Memorial_Award gptkb:The_Robert_Creeley_Award Poet Laureate of the State of Indiana
gptkbp:birth_date	April 29, 1947
gptkbp:birth_place	gptkb:Bogalusa,_Louisiana,_USA
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Jasmine_Komunyakaa
gptkbp:education	gptkb:University_of_Colorado_Boulder
gptkbp:genre	Contemporary poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Yusef Komunyakaa
gptkbp:influences	gptkb:Langston_Hughes gptkb:Gwendolyn_Brooks gptkb:Walt_Whitman
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:notable_work	gptkb:Neon_Vernacular gptkb:The_Emperor_of_Water_Clocks gptkb:Thieves_of_Paradise
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:University gptkb:poet
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:New_York_City,_USA
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Sharon_Komunyakaa
gptkbp:website	yusefkomunyakaa.com
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters gptkb:church gptkb:Ocean_Vuong gptkb:John_Keats gptkb:T._S._Eliot gptkb:Edward_Albee gptkb:Amanda_Gorman gptkb:American_civil_rights_legislation
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3