Alexis De Veaux

Alexis De Veaux
Born	(1948-09-24) September 24, 1948 (age 76) Harlem, New York, U.S.
Education	Empire State College (BA, 1976) University at Buffalo (MA, PhD)
Occupation(s)	Writer Illustrator

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

Biography

De Veaux was born in Harlem on September 24, 1948, to Richard Hill and Mae De Veaux. ^[1] She earned a Bachelor of Arts from State University of New York's Empire State College (1976), and a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Buffalo. ^{[1] [2]}

From 1979 to 1991, De Veaux wrote for Essence magazine. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

De Veaux is a lesbian. ^[6]

Awards

• 1972: Short story "Remember Him, an Outlaw" received National Black Fiction Award. ^[7]
• 1972: First prize from Black Creation for a short story. ^[2]
• 1973 best production award from Westchester Community College Drama Festival for Circles. ^[2]
• 1974: NA-NI received Brooklyn Museum of Art Books for Children Award. ^[7]
• 1981: Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday appeared on the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults list. ^[2]
• 1981: National Endowment for the Arts fellow ^[2]
• 1982: Unity in Media Award ^[2]
• 1984: MADRE Humanitarian Award ^[2]
• 1984: Fannie Lou Hamer Award ^[2]
• 1988: An Enchanted Hair Tale received American Library Association Coretta Scott King Award. ^[8]
• 1991: An Enchanted Hair Tale received Lorraine Hansberry Award for Excellence in Children's Literature. ^[7]
• 2005: Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde received the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for nonfiction ^[9]
• 2015: Yabo received the 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian General Fiction. ^[10]

Publications

• 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.
• Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday. Writers & Readers Publishing, Incorporated. 1988. ISBN   978-0-393-01954-4.
• This Far by Faith: A Writer's Autobiography. State University of New York at Buffalo. 1989.
• Yabo. Redbone Press. 2014.
• JesusDevil: The Parables. AK Press. 2023.

References

1. "De Veaux, Alexis 1948-". Encyclopedia.com . Retrieved February 8, 2025.
2. "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
3. "De Veaux, Alexis". Encyclopedia.com . Retrieved March 4, 2014.
4. "De Veaux runs home". The Spectrum. University of Buffalo. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
5. Page, Yolanda Williams (2007). "Alexis De Veaux". Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. Greenwood Publishing. ISBN   9780313334290.
6. Gumbs, Alexis Pauline (February 17, 2015). "#ThisIsLuv: How My Dad Became a Queer Black Feminist". Ebony Magazine . Retrieved September 21, 2017.
7. "Masani Alexis DeVeaux - Women's Work: a tribute to the women who make UB work". University at Buffalo Libraries . Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
8. Smith, Henrietta M. (1999). The Coretta Scott King Awards Book: 1970-1999. Chicago: American Library Association. p. 22.
9. Van Gelder, Lawrence (November 3, 2005). "Arts, Briefly | Hurston/Wright Award Winners". The New York Times . Retrieved February 8, 2025.
10. "27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!". Lambda Literary. June 2, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

External links

• Official website
• "Interview with Professor Alexis De Veaux" (PDF). State University of New York at Buffalo. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.