Poet Sapphire

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Sapphire

Living place: California

Birthday: 4-8-1950 (74 years old)

Population of US 1950: 152,271,417

Global rank: #32475

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Poet Sapphire profile

Who is Poet Sapphire?
Notable as a novelist, poet and speech artist, Sapphire is most famous for her 1996 novel Pushing Her and for the 1994 poetry collection of her American Dreams. Her previous work has become the basis for the critically acclaimed film Quarter (released 2009)
She publishes her third full-length poetry collection, Black Wings & amp. Angels Blind:. Poems, in 1999
 
 

Young / Before famous

After attending City Colleges of San Francisco and New York, she received her Master of Fine Arts degree from her Brooklyn College.

Family life info

Born Ramona Lofton, she grew up in a military family and spent her childhood at multiple locations. At the age of eight, she was tragically abused at the hands of her father.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Poet Sapphire?
Actress Monique won an Academy Award for her portrayal of the protagonist's mother in the film (Precious) based on Sapphire's autobiographical novel Push.

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Summary of Sapphire profile

When was Poet Sapphire born?
Sapphire birthday 4-8-1950 (at the age of 74).
Where is Poet Sapphire's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Sapphire was born in California, . is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Tiger. Sapphire's global rank is 32475 and whose rank is 66 in list of famous Poet. Population of US in 1950 is about 152,271,417 persons.
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Events in 1950 and 4-8

Events in US in the birth year of Sapphire

  • Truman orders development of hydrogen bomb (Jan. 31).
  • Assassination attempt on President Truman by Puerto Rican nationalists (Nov. 1).
  • Era of McCarthyism begins.

Birthday Sapphire (4-8) in history

  • Day 4-8 year 1735: Journalist John Peter Zenger, defended by former Pennsylvania House Speaker Andrew Hamilton, was acquitted of defamation in a case that helped promote press freedom.
  • Day 4-8 year 1884: Thomas Stevens became the first person to bicycle across the United States. He later bicycled around the world.
  • Day 4-8 year 1892: Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother were killed with an axe in Fall River, Mass.
  • Day 4-8 year 1914: Germany invaded Belgium and, in response, Britain declared war on Germany.
  • Day 4-8 year 1916: Denmark ceded the Danish West Indies, including the Danish Virgin Islands, to the United States for $25 million.
  • Day 4-8 year 1944: Anne Frank and her family were found hiding in Amsterdam by Nazis.
  • Day 4-8 year 1964: The bodies of three civil-rights workers were found in an earthen dam, six weeks into a federal investigation backed by President Johnson
  • Day 4-8 year 1977: President Carter signed a congressional act that established the Department of Energy.
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