Yusef Komunyakaa

Education

Bachelor, U. Colorado, 1975; Master of Arts, Colorado State University, 1978; Master of Arts, University of California, Irvine, 1980.

Career

Associate professor, then professor Afro-American Studies, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1987. Visiting professor Indiana U., Bloomington, 1985.

Achievements

• Yusef Komunyakaa has been listed as a noteworthy Poet by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Lost in Bone-Wheel Factory, 1979, Dien Cai Dau, 1988, Magic City, 1992, Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems, 1993 (Kingsley Tufts Poetry award 1994, Pulitzer Prize for poetry 1994), Ploughshares Spring, 1997, Thieves of Paradise, 1998.

Connections

M. Mandy Sayer.