Henrietta Cordelia Ray (Agusta 30, 1852 - Janairu 5, 1916) mawaƙiya ce kuma malama Ba-Amurke, wacce aka fi sani da Cordelia Ray. Ita ce 'yar'uwar Charlotte E. Ray.

Cordelia Ray
Rayuwa
Haihuwa New York, 30 ga Augusta, 1849
ƙasa Tarayyar Amurka
Ƙabila Afirkawan Amurka
Mutuwa New York, 1917
Ƴan uwa
Mahaifi Charles Bennett Ray
Ahali Charlotte E. Ray da Florence T. Ray (en) Fassara
Karatu
Makaranta New York University (en) Fassara
Sana'a
Sana'a biographer (en) Fassara, maiwaƙe, marubuci, Malami da suffragist (en) Fassara

Tarihin rayuwa

gyara sashe

Cordelia Ray, wanda ke da 'yan'uwa shida ciki har da 'yan'uwa mata biyu, Charlotte da Florence, an haife ta a Birnin New York zuwa Charlotte Augusta Burrough da limamin coci, abolitionist, da kuma mawallafin jarida Charles B. Ray, kuma mai suna matarsa na farko, Henrietta Ray.

A cikin 1891 Cordelia ta sauke karatu daga Jami'ar birnin New York tare da digiri na biyu a fannin koyar da tarbiyya. Ta kuma karanci Faransanci, Jamusanci, Girkanci da Latin a Makarantar Saveneur na Harsuna.[1] Ta zama malamar makaranta, amma ta daina koyarwa don yin rubutu.

 
Memorial na Freedmen a Washington, DC

An karanta littafin "Lincoln" na Ray a wurin buɗe taron Tunawa da 'Yanci a Washington DC a cikin Afrilu 1876. Wani tarihin mahaifinta, wanda aka rubuta tare da 'yar uwarta Florence, JJ Little & Co. ya buga a 1887. An buga tarin Sonnets ɗinta, kuma ta Little, a cikin 1893, kuma Poems sun fito a cikin 1910.

Ray ta mutu a shekara ta 1916.

Sonnets na Ray (1893) ɗan gajeren littafi ne na sonnets 12 akan Milton, Shakespeare, Raphael, da Beethoven, a tsakanin sauran batutuwa.[2] Sonnet ɗinta akan ɗan juyin juya hali na Haiti Toussaint L'Overture sananne ne saboda jinkirin sa a cikin siyasar baƙar fata (ba a cikin ayar ta ta farko) da kuma maganganunta ga shahararren sonnet na William Wordsworth "Touissaint L'Overture":[3]

Zuwa waɗancan tsibiran masu kyau inda faɗuwar faɗuwar rana ke ƙonewa,Lalle ne Mu, Mun aika wani kallo zuwa ga bãya, dõmin mu dũba zuwa gare ka.Jarumi Toussaint! Lalle ne kai an haife kaJarumi; Ruhinka mai girmankai ba zai iya baKowane fushi a kan tseren. Shin za ku iya rashin koyoDarussan da ilhami ke koyarwa? A'a! kuma muWanda ke raba himmar da za ta sa dukan mutane su 'yantu,Dole ne ku kasance tare da girman kai zuwa aikin rayuwar ku.Mutuncin rai ya kasance makasudinka mafi tsarki;Kuma ah! Yaya bakin ciki da aka bar ka da makokiA cikin sarƙoƙi 'ƙarƙashin sararin samaniya. A kansa, kunya! kunya!Wannan babban mai nasara wanda ya kuskura yayi da'awaHaƙƙin ɗaure ku. Shi ne muke tsirowa da izgili.Kuma mai martaba dan kishin kasa! Ka kiyaye sunanka da ƙauna.[4]

Sunan Ray a matsayin mawaƙiya ya dogara ne akan kundinta na 1910, wanda daga ciki aka sake buga wakoki a cikin litattafan tarihi a farkon karni na ashirin.[5] An sake gano aikinta a cikin tallafin karatu na ƙarni na 21.[4][6][7]

  • Sketch of the life of Rev.Charles B. Ray Charles B. Ray New York: Press na J.J. Little & Co., 1887
  • Sonnets. New York: Press na J.J. Little & Co., 1893
  • Poems. New York: Grafton Press, 1910


Manazarta

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  1. Brown, Hallie Q. Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction. Xenia, Ohio: Aldine Publishing Company, 1926.
  2. Ray, H. Cordelia, Sonnets. New York: Press of J.J. Little & Co., 1893.
  3. Ray, Henrietta Cordelia, "To Touissaint L'Overture" at Poetry Foundation.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Banks, M. O. (2000). HENRIETTA CORDELIA RAY. African American Authors, 1745– 1945: Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook, 366.
  5. Fauset, Jessie, "What to Read", The Crisis 4:4 (August 1912): 183.
  6. Looney, Dennis, Freedom Readers: The African American Reception of Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy. University of Notre Dame Press, 2011.
  7. Francini, Antonella, "Sonnet vs. Sonnet: The Fourteen Lines in African American Poetry", RSA Journal 14/2003. 45.