MayaAngelou是美国文坛最耀眼的黑人女作家和诗人，成名作是一部名为IKnowWhytheCagedBirdSings的自传体小说。1993年她在美国总统BillClinton的就职仪式上特邀朗诵献诗OnthePulseoftheMorning，从而成为美国历史上继RobertFrost之后的官方诗人。StillIRise是MayaAngelou的诗歌代表作，是继MartinLutherKing的IHaveaDream之后美国黑人争取民权的又一纪念碑式的作品。MayaAngelouishailedasoneofthegreatvoicesofcontemporaryliteratureandasaremarkableRenaissancewoman.Beingapoet,educator,historian,best-sellingauthor,actress,playwright,civil-rightsactivist,produceranddirector,Dr.Angeloucontinuestotraveltheworldmakingappearances,spreadingherlegendarywisdom.Amesmerizingvisionofgrace,swayingandstirringwhenshemoves,Dr.Angeloucaptivatesheraudienceslyricallywithvigor,fireandperception.Shehastheuniqueabilitytoshattertheopaqueprismsofraceandclassbetweenreaderandsubjectthroughoutherbooksofpoetryandherautobiographies.Dr.Angelouhasauthoredtwelvebest-sellingbooksincludingIKnowWhytheCagedBirdSings,ASongFlungUptoHeavenandEventheStarsLookLonesomeIn1981,Dr.AngelouwasappointedtoalifetimepositionasthefirstReynoldsProfessorofAmericanStudiesatWakeForestUniversity.InJanuary1993,shebecameonlythesecondpoetinU.S.HistorytohavethehonorofwritingandrecitingoriginalworkatthePresidentialInauguration.

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