Alexis De Veaux (born September 24, 1948) is a black, lesbian American writer and illustrator.[1][2] She chaired the Department of Women's Studies, at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her surname also appears as DeVeaux.
alexis, veaux, born, september, 1948, black, lesbian, american, writer, illustrator, chaired, department, women, studies, state, university, york, buffalo, surname, also, appears, deveaux, born, 1948, september, 1948, harlem, york, nationalityamericaneducation. Alexis De Veaux born September 24 1948 is a black lesbian American writer and illustrator 1 2 She chaired the Department of Women s Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo Her surname also appears as DeVeaux Alexis De VeauxBorn 1948 09 24 September 24 1948 age 75 Harlem New York U S NationalityAmericanEducationEmpire State College State University of New YorkAlma materUniversity of BuffaloOccupation s WriterIllustrator Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Awards 4 References 5 External linksLife editShe was born on September 24 1948 in Harlem New York City In 1976 De Veaux received her BA from Empire State College State University of New York SUNY De Veaux received her MA and PhD from the University of Buffalo 1 She wrote for Essence magazine from 1979 to 1991 3 4 5 Works editNa Ni Harper amp Row 1973 Spirits in the street Anchor Press 1974 Gap Tooth Girlfriends An Anthology Gap Tooth Girlfriends Publications 1981 Blue Heat A Portfolio of Poems amp Drawings Diva Pub Associates 1985 This Far by Faith A Writer s Autobiography State University of New York at Buffalo 1989 Don t Explain A Song of Billie Holiday Writers amp Readers Publishing Incorporated 1988 ISBN 9780863161322 Warrior Poet A Biography of Audre Lorde W W Norton 2004 ISBN 978 0 393 01954 4 Yabo Redbone Press 2014Awards edit1972 Short story Remember Him an Outlaw received National Black Fiction Award 1972 First prize from Black Creation for a short story 1 1973 best production award from Westchester Community College Drama Festival for Circles 1 1974 NA NI received Brooklyn Museum of Art Books for Children Award 1981 Don t Explain A Song of Billie Holiday appeared on the American Library Association s Best Books for Young Adults list 1 1981 National Endowment for the Arts fellow 1 1982 Unity in Media Award 1 1984 MADRE Humanitarian Award 1 1984 Fannie Lou Hamer Award 1 1988 An Enchanted Hair Tale received American Library Association Coretta Scott King Award 6 1991 An Enchanted Hair Tale received Lorraine Hansberry Award for Excellence in Children s Literature 2005 Warrior Poet A Biography of Audre Lorde received the Hurston Wright Legacy Award 7 8 References edit a b c d e f g h i Contemporary Authors Online Biography in Context Gale 2007 Retrieved January 28 2016 Gumbs Alexis Pauline February 17 2015 ThisIsLuv How My Dad Became a Queer Black Feminist Ebony Magazine Retrieved September 21 2017 De Veaux Alexis 1948 FREE De Veaux Alexis 1948 information Encyclopedia com Find De Veaux Alexis 1948 research encyclopedia com Retrieved March 4 2014 De Veaux runs home News The Spectrum The University of Buffalo ubspectrum com Archived from the original on January 28 2013 Retrieved March 4 2014 Page Yolanda Williams 2007 Alexis De Veaux Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers Greenwood Publishing ISBN 9780313334290 Smith Henrietta M 1999 The Coretta Scott King Awards Book 1970 1999 Chicago American Library Association p 22 2005 Hurston Wright Legacy Award Amazon Archived from the original on September 2 2014 Retrieved October 12 2014 Masani Alexis DeVeaux Women s Work a tribute to the women who make UB work University Archives University at Buffalo Libraries library buffalo edu Archived from the original on March 4 2014 Retrieved March 4 2014 External links editOfficial website Interview with Professor Alexis De Veaux PDF State University of New York at Buffalo Archived from the original PDF on March 4 2014 Retrieved March 4 2014 nbsp This article about an American writer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an American illustrator is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alexis De Veaux amp oldid 1193063430, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
