by Maya Angelou · Virago · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780860685111
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«I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings» is the autobiography of Maya Angelou, published by Virago in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Maya Angelou recalls her childhood and youth in the American South in the 1930s. She evokes life with her grandmother, poverty and racial discrimination, but also hope and joy. A work about identity, resilience and dignity in the face of adversity.
Originally published in 1969, it is the first volume of Maya Angelou's autobiographical series and received the Coretta Scott King Book Award.
For readers of memoirs and classics, with an interest in African American literature and stories of resilience.
Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou's series of seven autobiographies 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 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim.
