Alexis De Veaux facts for kids

Alexis De Veaux (born September 24, 1948) is a black, lesbian American writer and illustrator. She chaired the Department of Women's Studies, at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her surname also appears as DeVeaux.

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.

Works

• Na-Ni, Harper & Row, 1973
• Spirits in the street, Anchor Press, 1974
• Gap Tooth Girlfriends: An Anthology, Gap Tooth Girlfriends Publications, 1981
• Blue Heat: A Portfolio of Poems & Drawings, Diva Pub. Associates, 1985
• This Far by Faith: A Writer's Autobiography, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1989
• Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday, Writers & Readers Publishing, Incorporated, 1988, ISBN: 9780863161322

• Yabo, Redbone Press, 2014

Awards

• 1972: Short story Remember Him, an Outlaw received National Black Fiction Award.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1991: An Enchanted Hair Tale received Lorraine Hansberry Award for Excellence in Children's Literature.
• 2005: Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde received the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award