This Biography is about one of the best Poet Robert Hayden including his Height, weight,Age & Other Detail…
| Biography Of Robert Hayden | |
| Real Name | Robert Hayden |
| Also Listed In | Poets |
| Famous as | Poet, Essayist, Educator |
| Nationality | American |
| Personal Life of Robert Hayden | |
| Born on | 04 August 1913 |
| Birthday | 4th August |
| Died At Age | 66 |
| Sun Sign | Leo |
| Born in | Detroit |
| Died on | 25 February 1980 |
| Place of death | Ann Arbor |
| Grouping of People | African American Authors, Black Authors, Black Poets |
| City | Michigan |
| Family Background of Robert Hayden | |
| Father | AsaSheffey |
| Mother | Ruth |
| Spouse/Partner | Erma Morris |
| Education | University of Michigan, Wayne State University |
| Personal Fact of Robert Hayden | |
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Robert Hayden was a famous American poet, essayist, and educator. He is best remembered for his book Ballad of Remembrance, for which he was awarded the grand prize for poetry at the First World Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, Senegal. In 1975, Hayden became the Fellow of the academy of American Poets. In the subsequent year, he was appointed as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. He was the first African American holder of that post. Hayden also held the post of a professor of English at the University of Michigan. His significant works included Heart-Shape in the Dust, The Lion and the Archer(1948), Figures of Time: Poems (1955), A Ballad of Remembrance (1962). Some of his famous poems are, Those Winter Sundays, The Whipping, Runagate, and Frederick Douglassâ. |
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