What is Sonia Sanchez?
{{Infobox writer | name = Sonia Sanchez | image = Sonia Sanchez.jpg | caption = Sanchez in 1998 |birth_name=Wilsonia Benita Driver | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|9|9}} | birth_place = [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]]<br />United States | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = poet, educator, columnist, dramatist, essayist | nationality = American | education = [[Hunter College]];<br>[[New York University]], | period = | awards = [[Robert Frost Medal]] <small>(2001)</small> }} '''Sonia Sanchez''' (born September 9, 1934) is an [[African-American]] [[poetry|poet]]. She is known for being part of the [[Black Arts Movement]]. Sanchez was born '''Wilsonia Benita Driver''' in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] on [[September 9]], [[1934]]. She studied at [[Hunter College]], and [[New York University]]. She founded the Black Studies program at [[San Francisco State University]]. She was poet-in-residence at [[Temple University]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=About Sonia Sanchez {{!}} Academy of American Poets|url=https://poets.org/poet/sonia-sanchez|access-date=2023-02-11|website=poets.org}}</ref> She has written over twelve books of poetry. She has also written plays and children's books. == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{Reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/276 Academy of American Poets] *[http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/sanchez_sonia.html Sonia Sanchez Biography at Voices from the Gap] *[http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/sanchez.html Approaches to Teaching Sonia Sanchez's Poetry] *[http://www.jcu.edu/pubaff/eyeonjcu/sanchez_audio.htm An Evening with Sonia Sanchez] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223028/http://www.jcu.edu/pubaff/eyeonjcu/sanchez_audio.htm |date=2007-09-27 }} *[http://www.black-collegian.com/african/painted-voices/sanchez.shtml Painted Voices: Sonia Sanchez Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701055416/http://w