Category:May Ayim

**May Ayim**
	German poet (1960–1996) Foto: Dagmar Schultz
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Date of birth	3 May 1960; Hamburg; Sylvia Brigitte Gertrud Opitz
Date of death	9 August 1996; Berlin
Manner of death	suicide;
Cause of death	falling;
Place of burial	Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin;
Country of citizenship	Germany;
Residence	Berlin (1984–);
Educated at	University of Regensburg;
Occupation	poet; writer; pedagogue; activist; speech and language therapist;
Employer	Free University Berlin;
Field of work	poetry;
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May Ayim (3 May 1960 in Hamburg – 9 August 1996 in Berlin) is the pen name of May Opitz (born Sylvia Andler); she was an Afro-German poet, educator, and activist.