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Gwendolyn Brooks | |
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| Born | Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks June 7, 1917 Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | December 3, 2000 (aged 83) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Period | 1930–2020 |
| Notable works | A Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen, Winnie |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1950) Robert Frost Medal (1989) National Medal of Arts (1995) |
| Spouse |
Henry Lowington Blakely, Jr.
(m. 1939; died 1996) |
| Children | 2, including Nora Brooks Blakely |
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet and writer. She wrote about the ordinary lives of people, often in her own African American community called Bronzeville in Chicago, Illinois. In 1950 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her book Annie Allen. She was the first African American winner of that prize.[1]
- ↑ Watkins, Mel (December 4, 2000). "Gwendolyn Brooks, Whose Poetry Told of Being Black in America, Dies at 83". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 1, 2023.