caption birth_place awards nationality ethnicity birth_date image article_title education name occupation
sonia sanchez , 2013 birmingham , alabama united states robert frost medal -lrb- 2001 -rrb- american african american , and native american 9 september 1934 sonia-sanchez-2013 13.jpg sonia sanchez
 hunter college ; new york university , sonia sanchez poet , columnist , dramatist , essayist
sonia sanchez

sonia sanchez -lrb- born wilsonia benita driver , september 9 , 1934 -rrb- is an african-american poet most often associated with the black arts movement .
she has authored over a dozen books of poetry , as well as plays and children 's books .
she was a recipient of 1993 pew fellowships in the arts .
