Yusef Komunyakaa (born April 29, 1947) is an American poet who currently teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, for Neon Vernacular[1] and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He also received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Komunyakaa received the 2007 Louisiana Writer Award for his enduring contribution to the poetry world.
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Yusef Komunyakaa has had 2 concerts.
Yusef Komunyakaa is most often considered to be Poetry.
The last Yusef Komunyakaa concert was on October 23, 2014 at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey, United States. The bands that performed were: Billy Collins / Aja Monet / Kevin Young / Rita Dove / Rachel Wiley / Alex Lemon / Yusef Komunyakaa / Robert Pinsky / Mark Doty / Dan Vera / OhSoCoy Poetry / Sophie Cabot Black / Bridget Talone / Khalil Murrell / Ona Gritz / Priscilla Orr / Saeed Jones.
