- Born
- Died
- Birth nameYolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr.
- Nikki Giovanni was born on June 7, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023), Rosa (2007) and Love Life (2020). She was married to Virginia Fowler. She died on December 9, 2024 in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
- SpouseVirginia Fowler(? - December 9, 2024) (her death)
- Children
- RelativesKai Giovanni(Grandchild)
- She is a creative writing professor at the Virginia Polytechnic University at Blacksburg, Virginia.
- Friends with Rosa Parks.
- An honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 130, pp. 161-171. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- On April 17, 2007, delivered a profoundly moving poem entitled "We are Virginia Tech" at the Convocation ceremony commemorating the massacre on the Virginia Tech campus just one day earlier.
- On self-respect: Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.
- On writing: If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other.
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