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Maya Angelou

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The Resume

    (April 4, 1928-May 28, 2014)
    Birth Name is Marguerite Johnson
    Poetry includes 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,' 'Still I Rise,' 'Remembrance,' and 'The Rock Cries Out to Us Today'
    Authored 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' 'The Heart Of A Woman,' 'Even The Stars Look Lonesome,' 'All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes' and 'And Still I Rise'
    Screenplays include 'How to make an American Quilt,' 'Georgia, Georgia,' and 'All Day Long'

Why she might be annoying:

    She was continually referred to as 'Dr. Angelou' (as if she didn't have enough credentials).
    Some of her poems are self-absorbed like 'Phenomenal Woman' written about herself.
    She had many names including Marguerite Johnson, Marguerite Angelos and Maya Angelou.
    Many of her books are self-promoting. (Six of them are autobiographies).
    She to read a poem at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She said 'The honorary duty of a human being is to love.'
    She wrote a children's books such as 'My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me' and 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me.'
    She was raped at eight by her mother's boyfriend and chronicled it in 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.'
    She was a friend of Alvin Ailey.
    She was a modern dancer.
    She was a civil rights activist.
    She ranked #81 in Forbes Power List (2000).

Credit: SumoBear


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 46 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 158 Votes: 48.10% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 138 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 213 Votes: 50.23% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 86 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 68 Votes: 48.53% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 159 Votes: 57.23% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 199 Votes: 51.76% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 714 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 106 Votes: 66.04% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 402 Votes: 54.48% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 90 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 81 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 67 Votes: 61.19% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 120 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 234 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 225 Votes: 43.11% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 558 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 655 Votes: 41.98% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1358 Votes: 46.91% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2064 Votes: 71.22% Annoying