Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou
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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 4, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 15:28, 26 March 2013‎ (UTC)



Maya Angelou (born 1928) is an American author and poet. She has published six autobiographies, five books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years. She has received dozens of awards and over thirty honorary doctoral degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of seventeen, and brought her international recognition and acclaim. Angelou's list of occupations includes pimp, prostitute, night-club dancer and performer, castmember of the musical Porgy and Bess, coordinator for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, author, journalist in Egypt and Ghana during the days of decolonization, and actor, writer, director, and producer of plays, movies, and public television programs. In 1993, Angelou recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration, the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961.

5 points: Angelou's 85th birthday. Very underrepresented topic; there doesn't tend to be many articles about African American female poets. It's my hope and wish that a Maya Angelou FT be created before April 4. Thanks for the consideration. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 21:47, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support: excellent subject, appropriate date.--Chimino (talk) 23:26, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support: interesting article about a very interesting person.--Sarnold17 (talk) 23:53, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support: Yep, nice for her birthday. Truthkeeper (talk) 19:44, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment blurb is nearer 1600 characters than the 1200 limit, please trim. BencherliteTalk 21:35, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Done. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 19:20, 3 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Support strong woman on her birthday. I don't remember the longer blurb but think the first summary of what she wrote and her many honours is a bit boring, - her autobios and many occupations are much more catchy, - perhaps switch? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:21, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Not read much of the article. Johnbod (talk) 13:56, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. Definitely. Espresso Addict (talk) 11:01, 26 March 2013 (UTC)