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For writers and poets, Knight is claimed as an Indianapolis author of five collections of poetry that remain influential through generations. His subjects — Black art and experience in America, the importance of family, the rewards of artistic expression —  are as relevant today as they were when he was writing. He was a champion of poetry and its transformative power. He’s the author who famously declared, “I died in Korea from a shrapnel wound, and narcotics resurrected me. I died in 1960 from a prison sentence and poetry brought me back to life.” He died in Indianapolis in 1991 and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery.  ....

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