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  1. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the first of seven autobiographies about Maya Angelou's (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) life of extraordinary talent and extreme hardship as a Black girl in poor America. They are all stories of survival. Maya was called Marguerite ("Maya" was a nickname from her beloved brother).

  2. sings of freedom. The free bird thinks of another breeze. and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees. and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn. and he names the sky his own. But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams. his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream. his wings are clipped and his feet are tied.

  3. Media Adaptations. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was made into a TV movie in 1979 starring Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, Esther Rolle, Roger E. Mosely, Paul Benjamin, and Constance Good, directed by Fielder Cook. It is available from Knowledge Unlimited, Inc.

  4. Angelou has said that she wanted to film I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in order to "get some things on television that reflect more of the marrow of the black American life than the shallow fingernail clippings we now have." The two-hour television version, filmed in Vicksburg, Mississippi, stars Esther Rolle as Momma Henderson, Diahann ...

  5. 20. Juni 2019 · However, far from being dispiriting, James Baldwin writes, ‘ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.’. ‘I write about being a Black American woman, however, I am always talking about what it’s like to be a human ...

  6. Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir, first published in 1969, is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.

  7. At a Glance: Full Title I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Author Maya Angelou. Type of Work Autobiographical novel. Genre Autobiography. Language English. Time and Place Written New York City, late 1960s. Date of First Publication 1969. Publisher Random House.