Sapphire

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sapphire
Occupation	Poet
Date Of Birth	Aug 4, 1950(1950-08-04)
Age	74
Birthplace	California
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Leo

Sapphire Biography

Sapphire is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on August 4, 1950 in California, California, United States. Notable as a novelist, poet, and spoken-word artist, Sapphire is most well known for her 1996 novel Push and for her 1994 poetry collection American Dreams. The former work became the basis for the critically-acclaimed film Precious (released in 2009).

Actress Monique won an Oscar for her portrayal of the title character’s mother in the film (Precious) based on Sapphire’s autobiographical novel Push.

Ramona Lofton was born in Fort Ord, California, one of four children of an army couple who relocated within the United States and abroad. After a disagreement concerning where the family would settle, her parents separated, with Lofton’s mother “kind of abandoning them”. Lofton dropped out of high school and moved to San Francisco, where she attained a GED and enrolled at the City College of San Francisco before dropping out to become a “hippie”. In the mid-1970s Lofton attended the City College of New York and obtained an MFA degree at Brooklyn College. Lofton held various jobs before starting her writing career, working as a performance artist as well as a teacher of reading and writing.

Lofton moved to New York City in 1977 and became heavily involved with poetry. She also became a member of a gay organization named United Lesbians of Color for Change Inc. She wrote, performed and eventually published her poetry during the height of the Slam Poetry movement in New York. Lofton took the name “Sapphire” because of its one-time cultural association with the image of a “belligerent black woman,” and also because she said she could more easily picture that name on a book cover than her birth name.

Born Ramona Lofton, she grew up in a military family and spent her childhood in numerous locations. At the age of eight, she tragically suffered abuse at the hands of her father.

Sapphire Net Worth

Sapphire is one of the richest Poet from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sapphire 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After attending the City Colleges of San Francisco and New York, she received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Brooklyn College.

She published her third full-length poetry collection, Black Wings & Blind Angels: Poems, in 1999.

Ramona Lofton (born August 4, 1950), better known by her pen name Sapphire, is an American author and performance poet.

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Who is Sapphire Dating?

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In 2011, she released The Kid, a semi-sequel to Push, which Sapphire admits part of the reason she decided to continue the story was because of the encouragement and interest Push received in scholarly conversations.

Facts & Trivia

Sapphire Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Sapphire celebrates birthday on August 4 of every year.

What does a sapphire symbolize?

Sapphire is a gemstone associated with royalty. It is believed to attract abundance, blessings, and gifts. It has been used to protect against negative energies, as well as calm the mind, strengthen intuition, and invite spiritual clarity.

Is sapphire expensive?

Sapphire: Blue sapphires and pink sapphires are the most valuable. Most sapphires range from $500 to $2,000 per carat , depending on quality. However, very fine quality sapphires can be $11,000 per carat or more.

Is sapphire a diamond?

A sapphire is a mineral but it is not diamond even though a diamond is a mineral as well. They are both different types of minerals. Sapphires are a variety of the mineral corundum,which is an aluminum oxide. Various elements found within the sapphires cause different hues.

Is a sapphire a ruby?

The term “sapphire” on its own only refers to blue instances of the mineral corundum while red instances of corundum are called ruby. Upon first glance they look like totally separate gemstones, but they are scientifically the same material.

What powers does sapphire have?

From antiquity, gemstones have been thought to possess mysterious powers. Sapphire is said to be the wisdom stone, stimulating concentration, enhancing creativity and promoting purity and depth of thought. It is believed to focus and calm the mind as well as remove unwanted thoughts, depression and mental tension.