Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Illinois Connection 3 Biographical and Professional Information 4 Published Works 5 Titles for Purchase and at Your Library 6 Literary Awards 7 External Links 8 Editing

General Information

Name: Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks

Pen Name: Gordon Parks

Genres: Poetry, Photography

Born: November 30, 1912 in Fort Scott, Kansas

Deceased: March 7, 2006 in New York City, New York

Illinois Connection

Parks moved to Chicago at the urging of heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis' wife. He lived there five years taking fashion photographs and documenting life in the slums of Chicago.

Biographical and Professional Information

Parks was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft.

Published Works

• The Learning Tree, 1964

• A Choice of Weapons, 1967

• Voices in the Mirror, 1990

• Glimpses Toward Infinity, Little Brown & Company, 1996

• Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective, Bulfinch, 1998

• A Star for Noon : An Homage to Women in Images, Poetry and Music , Bulfinch, 2000

• A Hungry Heart, 2005

• Eyes with Winged Thoughts: Poems and Photographs , Atria, 2005

Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

Learning Tree ISBN: 0449215040 Release Date: 1987-06-12 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

A Choice of Weapons ISBN: 0873512022 Release Date: 1986-10 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Voices in the Mirror: An Autobiography (Harlem Moon Classics) ISBN: 0767922123 Release Date: 2005-09-20 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Glimpses Toward Infinity ISBN: 082122297X Release Date: 1996-09 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective ISBN: 0821225510 Release Date: 1998-09-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

A Star for Noon: An Homage to Women in Images, Poetry and Music ISBN: 0821226851 Release Date: 2000-10-23 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

A Hungry Heart: A Memoir ISBN: 0743269039 Release Date: 2007-01-09 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Eyes with Winged Thoughts: Poems and Photographs ISBN: 074327962X Release Date: 2005-11-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Literary Awards

External Links

Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks on WorldCat

Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks on Amazon

Gordon Parks on Wikipedia

Gordon Parks on Gale Cengage Learning.com

Editing

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