Sam Greenlee

Sam Greenlee

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 [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339131/] IMBD (Internet Movie Database] ] and won The Sunday Times Book of the Year award [ [http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2413/Greenlee-Sam.html Sam Greenlee Biography - Novel Became Cult Favorite, Enjoyed Brief Revival, Selected writings ] ] . 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 [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=rprS-mm9uywC&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=%22Sam+Greenlee%22&source=web&ots=NLaadK1b33&sig=VZbBvIA05R-j0Ejhha1jwKtnXKM&hl=en] ] .

External Links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339131/] IMBD (Internet Movie Database) Greenlee page
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=rprS-mm9uywC&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=%22Sam+Greenlee%22&source=web&ots=NLaadK1b33&sig=VZbBvIA05R-j0Ejhha1jwKtnXKM&hl=en] Biography of Greenlee from Greenwood Press' reference book "Contemporary African-American Novelists"
* [http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2413/Greenlee-Sam.html] Biography
* [http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=87&category=Artmakers] Historymakers Greenlee page

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