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Sonia Sanchez (born Wilsonia Benita Driver; September 9, 1934) is an American poet, writer, and professor. She was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and has written over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children's books.
Sonia Sanchez was born in 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama. She earned her BA in political science from Hunter College in 1955, did postgraduate work at New York University, and studied poetry under the mentorship of poet Louise Bogan.
Sonia Sanchez—poet, activist, scholar—was the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women's Studies at Temple University. She is the recipient of both the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry and the Langston Hughes Poetry Award.
In 2022, Sanchez was the recipient of both the Edward MacDowell Medal and the Jackson Poetry Prize. Sanchez began teaching in the Bay Area in 1965 and was a pioneer in developing Black studies courses at what is now San Francisco State University, where she was an instructor from 1968–69.
Sonia Sanchez, American poet, playwright, and educator who was noted for her Black activism. She often wrote about the ‘neoslavery’ of African Americans as well as sexism, child abuse, and generational and class conflicts. Learn more abut Sanchez’s life and work.
National and International lecturer on Black Culture and Literature, Women’s Liberation, Peace and Racial Justice. Sponsor of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Board Member of MADRE.
When Sonia Sanchez was selected as Philadelphia’s first Poet Laureate, then Mayor Michael Nutter noted that she was “the longtime conscience of the city.” A pioneer of black studies and one of...
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