Sam Greenlee

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Sam Greenlee is an African-American writer, best known for his 1969 novel The Spook Who Sat by the Door, which was made into the 1973 movie of the same name[1] and won The Sunday Times Book of the Year award[2]. Other works include Baghdad Blues, a 1976 novel based on his experiences traveling in Iraq in the 1950s, Blues for an African Princess, a 1971 collection of poems, and Ammunition, a 1975 collection of poems. In 1990 Greenlee was the Illinois poet laureate.

Born in Chicago in 1930, Greenlee attended the University of Wisconsin, and served as a United States Information Agency officer in the 1950s and 60s, serving in Iraq, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Greece between 1957 and 1965[3].

[edit] External Links

  • [3] IMBD (Internet Movie Database) Greenlee page
  • [4] Biography of Greenlee from Greenwood Press' reference book Contemporary African-American Novelists
  • [5] Biography
  • [6] Historymakers Greenlee page


[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] IMBD (Internet Movie Database]
  2. ^ Sam Greenlee Biography - Novel Became Cult Favorite, Enjoyed Brief Revival, Selected writings
  3. ^ [2]