Bambara, Toni Cade

Portrait
Born: Mar 25, 1939 AD
Died: 1995 AD, at 56 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Activists, Authors, Professors


1939 - Born on the 25th of March in New York City.

 

1959 - Finished BA Theater Arts at Queens College New York.

 

1964 - Awarded MA at City University of New York.

 

1965-1969 - Served as Professor in City College of New York, Rutgers University and Spelman College.

 

1972 - Authored the short stories Gorilla, My Love.

 

1977 - Bambara made the short story The Sea Birds Are Still Alive: Collected Stories.

 

1980 - Wrote the novel The Salt Eaters.

 

1987 - Bambara wrote If Blessing Comes.

 

1995 - She died on 9th of December because of colon cancer.

 

1996 - Published her anthology Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions.

 

1999 - Her authored novel was published Those Bones Are Not My Child.

 

 

 

Page last updated: 12:59pm, 30th Jan '07

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