Naomi Shihab Nye (born March 12, 1952) is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. She was born to a Palestinian father and American mother. Although she regards herself as a "wandering poet", she refers to San Antonio as her home. She says a visit to her grandmother in the village of Sinjil was a life-changing experience. She was the recipient of the 2013 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature.
On writing: Poets are regular people who live down the block and do simple things like wash clothes and stir soup.
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On writing: Sometimes students ask, "Are you famous?", as if fame is what would make a poet happy. I prefer the idea of being invisible, traveling through the world lightly, seeing, and remembering as much as I can.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Only Words
2010
TV Series
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sometimes I'm Sad
2009
Short thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree
2016
Documentary
Herself
Even Though the Whole World Is Burning
2014
Documentary
Herself
Every War Has Two Losers
2009
Documentary short
The Language of Life with Bill Moyers
1995
TV Mini-Series
Herself
Known for movies
Only Words (2010) as Writer
Even Though the Whole World Is Burning (2014) as Herself
Every War Has Two Losers (2009) as Actress
The Language of Life with Bill Moyers (1995) as Herself
$1.4 Million
