Angela Johnson (Odee)

**Angela Johnson** (amụrụ ya na Juun 18, 1961) bụ onye America na-ede akwụkwọ ụmụaka na abụ, nwere ihe karịrị akwụkwọ iri anọ maka otuto ya kemgbe ọ malitere ọrụ edemede ya n'afọ 1989. Akwụkwọ foto ụmụ ya bụ akụkọ dị mfe ma na-ede abụ banyere ezinụlọ ndị Afrịka na Amerịka, ọbụbụenyi, na ahụmịhe nwata dị ka ịkwaga. Akwụkwọ ya maka ụmụaka ndị okenye na-adabere na isiokwu ndị yiri ya mana ọ na-enyocha nsogbu ndị miri emi dị ka afọ ime afọ iri na ụma na ịgba alụkwaghịm. Ihe odide ya bụ ihe ezi uche dị na ya na ọgwụgwọ dị nro, dị mma, na olileanya. Ọtụtụ n'ime akwụkwọ Johnson nwere njikọ na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Alabama na obodo Alabama.

## Mmalite ndụ ya
A mụrụ Johnson na Tuskegee, Alabama, ma tolite na Windham, Ohio, ya na nwanne ya nwoke na nne na nna ya. Ọ malitere ide ihe na klas nke anọ mgbe nne ya nyere ya akwụkwọ akụkọ maka Krismas. N'ịbụ onye nne na nna ya gbara ume ide ihe, n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, Johnson dere abụ ọ kpọrọ "punk" nke ndị otu akwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ ya anabataghị. Ọ na-ekwu na nke a kpaliri edemede ya kama ịkụda ya mmụọ. N'oge ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Johnson chọrọ ịbụ onye nkụzi ma ọ bụ onye ọka iwu. Ọ gara Mahadum Kent State mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị ma gụọ agụmakwụkwọ pụrụ iche, ọ bụ ezie na ọ hapụrụ tupu ọ nweta akara ugo mmụta ya iji lekwasị anya na edemede ya.
## Ọrụ ya
Mgbe ọ hapụsịrị mahadum, Johnson rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-elekọta nwa ma onye edemede Cynthia Rylant were ya n'ọrụ bụ onye nyochara ọrụ Johnson ma zigara ya onye nkwusa nke ya. Onye na-ebipụta Rylant kpọtụrụ Johnson na-ekwu na ọ ga-achọ ibipụta akụkọ ahụ ọ kesara dị ka akwụkwọ foto. Johnson kwuru na njikọ ya na Rylant nyere ya "nkwụsị" nke malitere ọrụ ya.

Johnson malitere ọrụ ya na-ebipụta akwụkwọ foto n'afọ 1989. N'afọ 1993, ọ gbasara n'akwụkwọ maka ndị na-eto eto, na-ebipụta ihe oderede be "Toning the Sweep" . Johnson na-aga n'ihu na-ede akwụkwọ n'etiti ọgbọ nke na-adịghị ahụkebe maka ndị edemede taa. Johnson na-akọwa ọrụ ya dị ka "onye a na-eduzi agwa" ma na-ekwu na ọ na-agbasi mbọ ike na nhazi nke atụmatụ karịa mmepe nke ndị na-eme ihe nkiri. Ọ na-ekwu na ihe odide ya na-adabere mgbe ụfọdụ na ndị ọ zutere na akụkọ ha na ya kesara. Dị ka Johnson si kwuo, ndị bịara abịa na-akọkarị akụkọ ya. Otu agadi nwanyị nọ na bọs gwara ya banyere nwoke ọ hụrụ n'anya mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na ụma. Agha mere ka ha dị iche mana ha nọgidere na-akpọtụrụ ma nwanyị ahụ nwere atụmatụ ịhụ ya ọzọ. Nke a ghọrọ ihe mkpali maka ihe odide ya *Sweet* na Curtis na Sweet, Hereafter . Johnson na-ekwukwa banyere edemede ya "Enwetụbeghị m izi ihe, ịkụziri onye ọ bụla okwu. Naanị ihe m chọrọ ịkọ akụkọ dị mma. ' Jonathan Hunt, onye isi oche nke kọmitii Margaret Edwards Award nke afọ 2018 toro edemede Johnson maka ọrụ ya na-enweghị oge, nke na-enweghị isi, na nke mara mma yana nnukwu mmasị ya. Onye edemede akwụkwọ ụmụaka ibe ya bụ Jacqueline Woodson na-akọwa ụdị edemede Johnson dị ka ihe ezi uche dị na ya, na-etinye aka, na nke a na-enweta. Ọ na-ekwu "ị nwere ike ịkọ site n'ịgụ ọrụ ya na ọ na-ewe oge ya na akụkọ ahụ ma na-eche banyere ndị nọọ na ihe edemede. "

Ọ na-agakarị nzukọ ma ọ bụ na-eme nleta klas, Johnson na-ezere anya ọha na eze. O nweghị mgbasa ozi ọha na eze, ọ bụ ezie na o nwere ebe nrụọrụ weebụ. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ belatara, Johnson na-eme nkwado ịnọgide na-ede akwụkwọ.

## Ihe nrite ya
Johnson enwetala ihe nrite maka akwụkwọ foto na akwụkwọ akụkọ. O ritere Ezra Jack Keats ihe nrite maka odee ọhụrụ maka Tell Me a Story, Mama n'afọ 1991. O ritela Coretta Scott King Award ugboro atọ, maka Toning the Sweep n'afọ 1994, Heaven n'afọ 1999, na The First Part Last n'afọ 2004. (Ọ bụ onye na-esote ugboro abụọ maka When I Am Old With You n'afọ 1990 na The Other Side, Shorter Poems n'afọ 1998.O ritere Michael L. Printz Award site n'aka American Library Association n'afọ 2004, na-aghọta The First Part Last dị ka "akwụkwọ kachasị mma nke afọ e dere maka ndị nọ n'afọ iri na ụma, dabere kpamkpam na uru edemede ya".  N'afọ 2003, Johnson natara MacArthur Genius Grant. N'afọ 2018, e nyere Johnson onyinye Margaret Edwards maka "onyinye ya dị mkpa na nke na-adịgide adịgide na akwụkwọ ndị na-eto eto."

N'afọ 2013, Vermont College of Fine Arts na Barry Goldblatt Literary (òtù na-arụ ọrụ iji kwalite ọrụ nke ụmụaka na ndị na-eto eto na-ede akwụkwọ) kwupụtara ịmepụta agụmakwụkwọ aha ya bụ Johnson. Mmụta ahụ na-enye onyinye puku dollar ise ruo ụmụ akwụkwọ abụọ na-acha ọcha na-aga MFA na edemede maka ụmụaka na ndị na-eto eto. Goldblatt họọrọ ịkpọ aha agụmakwụkwọ ahụ iji sọpụrụ onye ahịa mbụ ya bụ Angela Johnson.

Na Mahadum Kent State, e nyere Johnson nzere doctorate n'afọ 2007 ma nata Ihe nrite Akwụkwọ nke Virginia Hamilton na 2013.

O nwetara ihe nrite Harper Lee nke afọ 2021.

## Ọrụ ya

;Picture books for primary grades (K-2)
* *Tell Me a Story, Mama* (1989)
* *When I am Old With You*  (1990)
* *Do Like Kyla* (1990)
* *One of Three* (1991)
* *The Leaving Morning* (1992)
* *Julius* (1993)
* *The Girl Who Wore Snakes* (1993)
* *Mama Bird, Baby Birds* (1994)
* *Joshua's Night Whispers* (1994)
* *Rain Feet* (1994)
* *Joshua By The Sea* (1994)
* *Shoes Like Miss Alice's* (1995)
* *The Aunt in Our House* (1996)
* *The Rolling Store* (1997)
* *Daddy Calls Me Man* (1997)
* *The Wedding* (1999)
* *Down the Winding Road* (2000)
* *Those Building Men* (2001)
* *I Dream of Trains* (2003)
* *Just Like Josh Gibson* (2004)
* *Violet's Music* (2004)
* *A Sweet Smell of Roses* (2005)
* *Lily Brown's Paintings* (2007)
* *Wind Flyers* (2007)

;Chapterbooks for intermediate grades (3-5)
* *Maniac Monkeys on Magnolia Street* (1999)
* *When Mules Flew on Magnolia Street* (2000)
* *Looking For Red* (2002)
* *Bird* (2004)

;For older children and young adults
* *Toning the Sweep* (1993)
* *Humming Whispers* (1995)
* *Songs of Faith* (1998)
* *Heaven* (novel) (1998)
* *The Other Side, Shorter Poems* (1998)
* *Gone From Home: Short Takes* (1998)
* *Running Back to Ludie* (2001)
* *[[The First Part Last]]* (2003)
* *Cool Moonlight* (2003)

;Recent 
* *[[Sweet, Hereafter]]* (2010)
**Day Ray Got Away* (2010)
**Lotte Paris Lives Here* (2011) 
**Certain October* (2012)
**Lottie Paris and the Best Place* (2013) 

## Edensibia

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