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Phillis Wheatley (* um 1753 vermutlich in der Region Senegambia, Westafrika; † 5. Dezember 1784 in Boston) war die erste afroamerikanische Dichterin, deren Werke veröffentlicht wurden.
Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly ( c. 1753 – December 5, 1784) was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry.
Although she was an enslaved person, Phillis Wheatley Peters was one of the best-known poets in pre-19th century America. Educated and enslaved in the household of prominent Boston commercialist John Wheatley, lionized in New England and England, with presses in both places publishing her poems,…
15. Apr. 2024 · Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753−84) was the first Black woman to become a poet of note in the United States. She is best known today for her poem “On Being Brought from Africa to America” (1768).
Phillis Wheatley Peters is broadly recognized as the first African American woman and only the third American woman to publish a book of poems. Her works continues to be studied by historians, and her legacy has inspired generations of writers.
In 1773, Phillis Wheatley accomplished something that no other woman of her status had done. When her book of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, appeared, she became the first American slave, the first person of African descent, and only the third colonial American woman to have her work published.
19. Aug. 2022 · Der Dichter und Essayist Kevin Young, seit Anfang 2021 Direktor des Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, stellt Phillis Wheatley an den Anfang seiner über...
