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Full Name: Maya Angelou
Biography:
(1928-2014) Author, poet. Maya Angelou was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Author's Timeline:
1928 (Unknown) County
Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in Saint Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. 
2014 (Unknown) County
Maya Angelou died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on May 28, 2014. 
1969 (Unknown) County
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
(Pub: Random House ISBN: 0394429869 / 978-0394429861)
Autobiography. 
1974 (Unknown) County
Gather Together in My Name
(Pub: Random House ISBN: 0394486927 / 978-0394486925)
Autobiography. 
1976 (Unknown) County
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
(Pub: Random House ISBN: 0394405455 / 978-0394405452)
Autobiography. 
1981 (Unknown) County
The Heart Of A Woman
(Pub: Random House ISBN: 0394512731 / 978-0394512730)
Autobiography. 
1986 (Unknown) County
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
(Pub: Random House ISBN: 0394521439 / 978-0394521435)
Autobiography. 
2002 (Unknown) County
A Song Flung Up To Heaven
(Pub: Random House ISBN: 0375507477 / 978-0375507472)
Autobiography. 
1965 New York County
Ms. Angelou lived and worked for a time in New York City and lived for several months in 1965 in the apartment of friends Samuel and Constance Sutton on Riverside Drive near Washington Heights in Manhattan, New York, while she was writing her autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." 
1971 (Unknown) County
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie
(Pub: Random House ISBN: 0394471423 / 978-0394471426)
Collection of poetry. 
1975 (Unknown) County
Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well
(Pub: Random House ISBN: 0394499514 / 978-0394499512)
Collection of poetry. 
1978 (Unknown) County
And Still I Rise
(Pub: Random House ISBN: 0394502523 / 978-0394502526)
Collection of poetry 
1983 (Unknown) County
Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
(Pub: Random House ISBN: 0394521447 / 978-0394521442)
Collection of poetry 

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