Via The Chicago Tribune:
American author and poet Maya Angelou, who is best known for her
groundbreaking autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," has died
at age 86 in North Carolina, her publisher confirmed on Wednesday.
The prolific African-American writer penned more than 30 books, won
numerous awards, and was honored last year by the National Book Awards
for her service to the literary community.
"Dr. Angelou has passed in Winston-Salem," said Sally Marvin, of Random House.
No other details were immediately available.
Angelou provided eloquent commentary on race, gender and living life
to its fullest in poems and memoirs. Her latest work "Mom & Me &
Mom," about her mother and grandmother and what they taught her, was
released last year.
"She was beyond simply being a writer of autobiography and poetry. I
think she transcended the idea of writing and using writing as a
transcendence medium to further the individual," Harold Augenbraum, the
executive director of the National Book Foundation, told Reuters.
"She was an extraordinary symbol in the United States of what can accomplished using the arts," he added.
This is so sad-Maya Angelou was truly an American treasure, a profound thinker, a champion for women and one of the greatest writers and truth-tellers of all time. God bless Maya, you were truly the best.
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