Life
She was born on September 24, 1948, in Harlem. In 1976 De Veaux received her BA fromWorks
*''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 *''This Far by Faith: A Writer's Autobiography'', State University of New York at Buffalo, 1989 *''Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday'', Writers & Readers Publishing, Incorporated, 1988, * *''Yabo'', Redbone Press, 2014Awards
* 1972: Short story ''Remember Him, an Outlaw'' received National Black Fiction Award. * 1972: First prize from Black Creation for a short story. * 1973 best production award from Westchester Community College Drama Festival for ''Circles''. * 1974: ''NA-NI'' received Brooklyn Museum of Art Books for Children Award. * 1981: ''Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday'' appeared on the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults list. * 1981: National Endowment for the Arts fellow * 1982: Unity in Media Award * 1984: MADRE Humanitarian Award * 1984: Fannie Lou Hamer Award * 1988: ''An Enchanted Hair Tale'' received American Library AssociationReferences
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