Angela Jackson
Encyclopedia
Angela Jackson is a poet
, playwright and writer.
, and the University of Chicago
with an M.A.
She joined the Organization for Black American Culture (OBAC) with young black writers like Haki Madhubuti (Don L. Lee), Carolyn Rodgers
, Sterling Plumpp.
Jackson lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, playwright and writer.
Life
Her father, George Jackson, Sr. and mother, Angeline Robinson Jackson moved to Chicago. In 1977, she graduated from Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, and the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
with an M.A.
She joined the Organization for Black American Culture (OBAC) with young black writers like Haki Madhubuti (Don L. Lee), Carolyn Rodgers
Carolyn Rodgers
Carolyn Marie Rodgers was a Chicago-based American poet and a founder of one of America’s oldest and largest black presses, Third World Press...
, Sterling Plumpp.
Jackson lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.
Awards
- 1973 Conrad Kent Rivers Memorial Award in 1973
- 1974 Academy of American Poets Award from Northwestern University in 1974
- 1979 Illinois Art Council Creative Writing Fellowship in Fiction in 1979
- 1980 National Endowment For the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in Fiction
- 1984 Hoyt W. Fuller Award for Literary Excellence
- 1985 American Book Award
- 1984 DuSable Museum Writers Seminar Poetry Prize
- 1984 Pushcart Prize for Poetry
- 1989 ETA Gala Award
- 1996 Illinois Authors Literary Heritage Award
- Illinois Arts Council Literary Awards
- five for fiction and one for poetry; The Carl Sandburg Award
- Chicago Sun-Times Friends of Literature Book of the Year Award
- 2000 Illinois Art Council Creative Writing Fellowship in Playwriting
- 2002 Shelley Memorial AwardShelley Memorial AwardThe Shelley Memorial Award of more than $3,500, given out by the Poetry Society of America, was established by the will of the late Mary P. Sears, and named after the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The prize is given to a living American poet selected with reference to genius and need. The selection is...
of the Poetry Society of AmericaPoetry Society of AmericaThe Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists including Witter Bynner. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the have included such renowned writers as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent...
Poetry
- The Greenville Club, 1977 (chapbook)
Plays
- Witness!, 1970
- Shango Diaspora: An African American Myth of Womanhood and Love, 1980
- When the Wind Blows, 1984 (better known as the eta production entitled, Comfort Stew)
- Lightfoot: The Crystal Stair,