Nikki Giovanni
June 7, 1943 - December 9, 2024
General Information
Bio
Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024) Poet, activist, writer, commentator, educator. Nikki Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and died in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Full Name
Nikki Giovanni
Locations
New York•Queens
Author's Timeline
1943
Birth
Nikki Giovanni was born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 7, 1943.
1960s
Other Life Event
New York County: Ms. Giovanni briefly attended Columbia University School of the Arts in the late 1960s.
1968
Literary Work
Black Judgment
Broadside Lotus Press
0910296316 / 978-0910296311
Poetry.
Broadside Lotus Press
0910296316 / 978-0910296311
Poetry.
1971
Literary Work
Black Feeling Black Talk
Harper Perennial
068825294X / 978-0688252946
Collection of poetry.
Harper Perennial
068825294X / 978-0688252946
Collection of poetry.
1971
Literary Work
Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Black Poet
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Memoir.
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Memoir.
0000
Other Life Event
Queens County: Ms. Giovanni taught at Queens College in Queens, New York, for a time.
1996
Literary Work
The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni
William Morrow
0688140475 / 978-0688140472
Poetry.
William Morrow
0688140475 / 978-0688140472
Poetry.
1997
Literary Work
Love Poems
William Morrow
0688149898 / 978-0688149895
Poetry.
William Morrow
0688149898 / 978-0688149895
Poetry.
2002
Literary Work
Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems
William Morrow
0060099526 / 978-0060099527
Poetry.
William Morrow
0060099526 / 978-0060099527
Poetry.
2003
Literary Work
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998
William Morrow
0060541334 / 978-0060541330
Poetry.
William Morrow
0060541334 / 978-0060541330
Poetry.
2017
Literary Work
A Good Cry: What We Learn From Tears and Laughter
William Morrow
0062399454 / 978-0062399458
Poetry.
William Morrow
0062399454 / 978-0062399458
Poetry.
2020
Literary Work
Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose
William Morrow
0062995286 / 978-0062995285
Poetry and prose.
William Morrow
0062995286 / 978-0062995285
Poetry and prose.
2024
Death
Nikki Giovanni died in a hospital in Blacksburg, Virginia, on December 9, 2024.
2025
Literary Work
The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things
William Morrow
0063447525 / 978-0063447523
Collection of short writings.
William Morrow
0063447525 / 978-0063447523
Collection of short writings.
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