Gwendolyn Brooks
Also known as Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
American writer (1917–2000)
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- Born
- 7 June 1917
- Died
- 3 December 2000
- Works
- 85
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- Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum
- Black steel
- We real cool
- The wall
- Prentice Hall Literature--Florida--Language and Literacy
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Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, making her the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize.
Throughout her prolific writing career, Brooks received many more honors. A lifelong resident of Chicago, she was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968, a position she held until her death 32 years later. She was also named the U.S. Poet Laureate for the 1985–86 term. In 1976, she became the first African-American woman inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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1917 births2000 deaths20th-century African-American women writers20th-century African-American writers20th-century American poets20th-century American women academics20th-century American women poetsAfrican-American history in ChicagoAfrican-American poetsAfrican-American women poetsAmerican poets laureateBurials at Lincoln Cemetery (Cook County)