Sonia Sanchez
Sanchez in 1998
Born	Wilsonia Benita Driver (1934-09-09) September 9, 1934 (age 90) Birmingham, Alabama United States
Occupation	poet, educator, columnist, dramatist, essayist
Nationality	American
Education	Hunter College; New York University,
Notable awards	Robert Frost Medal (2001)

Sonia Sanchez (born September 9, 1934) is an African-American poet. She is known for being part of the Black Arts Movement.

Sanchez was born Wilsonia Benita Driver in Birmingham, Alabama on September 9, 1934. She studied at Hunter College, and New York University. She founded the Black Studies program at San Francisco State University. She was poet-in-residence at Temple University.^[1]

She has written over twelve books of poetry. She has also written plays and children's books.

• List of poets from North America

• Academy of American Poets
• Sonia Sanchez Biography at Voices from the Gap
• Approaches to Teaching Sonia Sanchez's Poetry
• An Evening with Sonia Sanchez Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Painted Voices: Sonia Sanchez Biography Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Women of Color Women of Word Archived 2007-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Sonia Sanchez Biography at Speak Out Archived 2006-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Sonia Sanchez Article at the Heath Anthology of American Literature

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