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Yusef Komunyakaa

82 years old Poet born on

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Profession
Poet
Age
82 years old
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
Louisiana
About
African-American poet and Pulitzer Prize recipient whose works include Copacetic and I Apologize for the Eyes in My Head. The former collection is marked by the rhythms of jazz music; the latter received the San Francisco Poetry Prize.
Family
He was married to author Mandy Sayer for ten years and later had a child with poet Reetika Vazirani. Tragically, Vazirani killed herself and the couple's child in 2003.

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