Al Young's Life And Work

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Al Young was born on may, 15, 2005, in Ocean Spring, Mississippi, he is a American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and professor, he is currently 78 years old, on May, 15, 2005 he was named Poet Laureate of California by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, an Austrian-American actor, producer, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, politician, and former professional bodybuilder. Al Young grew up in the rural South of villages and small towns, and in urban, industrial Detroit. From 1957 to 1960 he attended the University of Michigan. He wrote 5 novels, 2 cheap books, 5 musical memoirs, and 8 full poems of his work. Young has taught poetry, fiction writing, and american literature on at Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, U.C.

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