Awards & Winners

Barbara Smith

Date of Birth 16-December-1946
Place of Birth Cleveland
(United States of America, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Area code 216)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Writer
Barbara Smith is an American lesbian feminist and socialist who has played a significant role in building and sustaining Black Feminism in the United States. Since the early 1970s she has been active as a critic, teacher, lecturer, author, scholar, and publisher of Black feminist thought. She has also taught at numerous colleges and universities over the last twenty five years. Smith's essays, reviews, articles, short stories and literary criticism have appeared in a range of publications, including The New York Times Book Review, The Black Scholar, Ms., Gay Community News, The Guardian, The Village Voice, Conditions and The Nation. Barbara has a twin sister, Beverly Smith, who is also a lesbian feminist activist and writer.

Awards by Barbara Smith

Check all the awards nominated and won by Barbara Smith.

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Stonewall Book Awards - Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender and Freedom

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Studies The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender and Freedom