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Margaret walker husband Margaret Walker (Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander by marriage; July 7, – November 30, ) was an American poet and writer. She was part of the African-American literary movement in Chicago, known as the Chicago Black Renaissance.

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Margaret Walker (born July 7, , Birmingham, Ala., U.S.—died Nov. 30, , Chicago, Ill.) was an American novelist and poet who was one of the leading black woman writers of the midth century.

Margaret walker awards Poet and novelist Margaret Walker was born on July 7, , in Birmingham, Alabama, to the Reverend Sigismund C. Walker and Marion Dozier Walker. The family moved to New Orleans when Walker was a young child.

Margaret walker education Margaret Abigail Walker was born on 7 July in Birmingham, Alabama. Her parents, the Reverend Sigismund C. Walker, a Methodist minister and an educator, and Marion Dozier Walker, a music teacher, encouraged her to read poetry and philosophy from an early age.

Margaret walker poems Margaret Walker was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in The first African American poet to receive the Yale Younger Poets Prize, she was the author of For My People (Yale University Press, ) and This Is My Century: New and Collected Poems (University of Georgia Press, ), among others.

Margaret walker famous poems Dr. Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander’s contributions to American letters—four volumes of poetry, a novel, a biography, and numerous critical essays—mark her as one of this country’s most gifted black intellectuals.

Margaret walker children Though a younger generation of African American writers had long eclipsed the pioneering accomplishments of Margaret Walker Alexander by the time of her death at age 83 in , the poet, novelist and academic had enjoyed friendships that spanned nearly a century of black literary achievement — from Langston Hughes to Alice Walker — and was.

Margaret walker death Margaret Walker () has been described as "the most famous person nobody knows." This is a shocking oversight of an award-winning poet, noveli.