How many autobiographies did Maya Angelou write?

Answer 1

Maya Angelou has published alot of books. So far i counted 15 books that she published. Maya Angelou wrote at least 20 poems

Between novels and various books of poetry, the great Maya Angelou has written a total of 16 collected works. The most famous is probably I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings.

Answer 2

Some works by Maya Angelou (born 1928) :

Autobiographies

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969.
• Gather Together in My Name, 1974.
• Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, 1976.
• The Heart of a Woman, 1981.
• All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, 1986.
• A Song Flung Up To Heaven, 2002.
• The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou, 2004.

PoetryMaya Angelou's plaque at San Francisco's Jack Kerouac Alley.

• Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die, 1971.
• Oh Pray My Wings are Gonna Fit Me Well, 1975.
• And Still I Rise, 1978.
• Shaker, Why Don't You Sing, 1983.
• Now Sheba Sings the Song, 1987.
• I Shall Not Be Moved, 1990.
• "Life doesn't frighten me", 1991
• "On the Pulse of Morning", 1993.[40]
• The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou, 1994.
• Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems for Women, 1995.
• "A Brave and Startling Truth", 1995.
• "From a Black Woman to a Black Man", 1995.
• "Amazing Peace", 2005.
• "Mother, a Cradle to Hold Me", 2006.
• "Celebrations, Rituals of Peace and Prayer", 2006
• Poetry for Young People, 2007.

Essays

• Lessons in Living, 1993.
• Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, 1993.
• Even the Stars Look Lonesome, 1997.
• Hallelujah! The Welcome Table, 2004.
• Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me, 2006.

Children's books

• Mrs. Flowers: A Moment of Friendship (selection from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings), illustrated by Etienne Delessert, 1986.
• Life Doesn't Frighten Me (poem), edited by Sara Jane Boyers, illustrated by Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1993.
• Soul Looks Back in Wonder (with others), illustrated by Tom Feelings, 1993.
• My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me, photographs by Margaret Courtney-Clarke, 1994.
• Kofi and His Magic, photographs by Margaret Courtney-Clarke, 1996.
• Maya's World series, illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell, 2004.

Plays

• Cabaret for Freedom (musical revue), with Godfrey Cambridge, produced at Village Gate Theatre, New York, 1960.
• The Least of These (two-act drama), produced in Los Angeles, 1966.
• The Best of These (drama), 1966.
• The Clawing Within (two-act drama), 1966.
• Gettin' up Stayed on My Mind, 1967
• Adjoa Amissah (two-act musical), 1967
• Sophocles, Ajax (two-act drama), produced at Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1974.
• And Still I Rise (one-act musical), produced in Oakland, Calif., 1976.
• Theatrical Vignette (one-act play), 1983.
• King, (lyrics, with Alistair Beaton) book by Lonne Elder III, music by Richard Blackford, produced in London, 1990.

Screenplays

Films

• Georgia, Georgia, 1972.
• All Day Long, 1974.
• Poetic Justice (author of poems), 1993.

Television

• Black, Blues, Black (series of ten one-hour PBS programs), 1968.
• Assignment America (series of six one-half-hour PBS programs), 1975.
• The Legacy, 1976.
• The Inheritors, 1976.
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1979.
• Sister, Sister, 1982.
• Trying to Make It Home, 1988
• Maya Angelou's America: A Journey of the Heart (also host), 1988.
• Brewster Place, 1990-1991.
• Angelou on Burns, 1996.

Answer 3

Maya Angelou wrote a total of seven autobiographies, including "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and "The Heart of a Woman."

Answer 4

68 books, how cool is that!

Answer 5

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