Official website includes biographical information, lists of the poet's works, recent interviews, books and films for sale, and agent's contact info. ... Maya Angelou - Global Renaissance Woman

Maya Angelou's Works ... Maya's early life is the subject of her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970). Her life story is continued throughout her other autobiographies.

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.

The result was the first volume of her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970), which covers her life up to age 16. Angelou followed this book with four other volumes of her life story,

The African American Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson in 1928 in St Louis Missouri, in the American South. ... Her work tells the story of her life. I Know Why the Caged Bird

Internationally respected poet, writer and educator, Maya Angelou has given us such best-selling titles as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Gather Together in My Name, Singin' and Swingin' and...

More on Maya Angelou from Infoplease: ... Maya Angelou offers advice on work, life and charity. (Strategies: The Journal of Legal Marketing)

Maya Angelou - Life Stories, Books, and Links ... Angelou's "Remedy of Hope"; On this day in 1928 Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, as Marguerite Johnson.

Maya Angelou is a poet, historian, author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director. ... Dr. Angelou began her career in drama and dance.

Maya Angelou has led an incredibly traumatic yet productive life. Her ability to overcome adversity is inspirational to thousands of Americans.