Alexis De Veaux Explained

Alexis De Veaux (sometimes as Alexis DeVeaux) (born September 24, 1948) is an American writer and illustrator.^{[1] [2]} She chaired the Department of Women's Studies, at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Life

She was born on September 24, 1948, in Harlem, New York City. In 1976, De Veaux received her BA from Empire State College, State University of New York (SUNY). De Veaux received her MA and PhD from the University of Buffalo. She wrote for Essence magazine, from 1979 to 1991.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Awards

• 1972: Short story "Remember Him, an Outlaw" received National Black Fiction Award.^[6]
• 1972: First prize from Black Creation for a short story.
• 1973 best production award from Westchester Community College Drama Festival for Circles.
• 1974: NA-NI received Brooklyn Museum of Art Books for Children Award.^[6]
• 1981: Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday appeared on the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults list.
• 1981: National Endowment for the Arts fellow
• 1982: Unity in Media Award
• 1984: MADRE Humanitarian Award
• 1984: Fannie Lou Hamer Award
• 1988: An Enchanted Hair Tale received American Library Association Coretta Scott King Award.^[7]
• 1991: An Enchanted Hair Tale received Lorraine Hansberry Award for Excellence in Children's Literature.^[6]
• 2005: Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde received the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for nonfiction^[8]
• 2015: Yabo received the 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian General Fiction.^[9]

Works

• Book: Na-Ni . Harper & Row . 1973 .
• Book: Spirits in the Street . Anchor Press . 1974 .
• Book: Gap Tooth Girlfriends: An Anthology . Gap Tooth Girlfriends Publications . 1981 .
• Book: Blue Heat: A Portfolio of Poems & Drawings . Diva Pub. Associates . 1985 .
• Book: Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday . Writers & Readers Publishing, Incorporated . 1988 . 978-0-393-01954-4 .
• Book: This Far by Faith: A Writer's Autobiography . State University of New York at Buffalo . 1989 .
• Book: Yabo . Redbone Press . 2014 .
• Book: JesusDevil: The Parables . AK Press . 2023 .

External links

• • Web site: Interview with Professor Alexis De Veaux. State University of New York at Buffalo. 2014-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20140304224436/http://www.humanitiesinstitute.buffalo.edu/docs/BusbyDeVeauxInterview.pdf. 2014-03-04. dead.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Contemporary Authors Online. 2007. January 28, 2016. Biography in Context. Gale.
2. Web site:
   1. ThisIsLuv: How My Dad Became a Queer Black Feminist
   . February 17, 2015. September 21, 2017. Ebony Magazine. Gumbs . Alexis Pauline . Alexis Pauline Gumbs.
3. Web site: De Veaux, Alexis 1948 - – FREE De Veaux, Alexis 1948 - information | Encyclopedia.com: Find De Veaux, Alexis 1948 - research. encyclopedia.com. 2014-03-04.
4. Web site: De Veaux runs home - News - The Spectrum - The University of Buffalo. ubspectrum.com. 2014-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20130128013148/http://www.ubspectrum.com/news/de-veaux-runs-home-1.2974553#.URE8e2cnJ4S. 2013-01-28. dead.
5. Book: Page, Yolanda Williams. Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. 2007. Greenwood Publishing. 9780313334290. https://books.google.com/books?id=iTWu0aSofkkC&q=Alexis+De+Veaux&pg=PA155. Alexis De Veaux.
6. Web site: Masani Alexis DeVeaux - Women's Work: a tribute to the women who make UB work - University Archives - University at Buffalo Libraries. library.buffalo.edu. 2014-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20140304224150/http://library.buffalo.edu/archives/womens_work/bios/deveaux.htm. 2014-03-04. dead.
7. Book: Smith, Henrietta M.. The Coretta Scott King Awards Book: 1970-1999. American Library Association. 1999. Chicago. 22.
8. News: Arts, Briefly Hurston/Wright Award Winners. Lawrence . Van Gelder. November 3, 2005. The New York Times.
9. Web site: 2015-06-02 . 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced! . 2024-07-11 . Lambda Literary . en.