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Gwendolyn Brooks (born June 7, 1917, Topeka, Kansas, U.S.—died December 3, 2000, Chicago, Illinois) was one of the most influential poets of the 20th century and the first African American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize (1950). Her works deal with the everyday life of urban African Americans, combining Modernist techniques with Black idioms ...
Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks, who wrote more than twenty books of poetry in her lifetime, was the first black woman appointed Poet Laureate of the United States.
Apr 10, 2017 · An Introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks. Since she began publishing her tight lyrics of Chicago’s great South Side in the 1940s, Gwendolyn Brooks has been one of the most influential American poets of the twentieth century. Her poems distill the very best aspects of Modernist style with the sounds and shapes of various African-American forms and ...
May 29, 2017 · A new biography celebrates the life and legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who wrote about ordinary black life using extraordinary language.
Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a social justice champion, is the unofficial eternal poet laureate of Chicago. As one of the most popular and widely-read poets of her generation and of Chicago's history, Brooks has influenced countless writers, readers, and activists since publishing her first poem at the age ...
Like her predecessor and mentorLangston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks was one of the twentieth century’s most gifted and prolific American poets. Brooks was the first African American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize, the winner of several lifetime achievement awards, and a holder of more than fifty honorary degrees.
Gwendolyn Brooks at 100. The life and influence of one of America’s most celebrated poets. By The Editors. “ So what do we do with a poet who was generous to her community, faithful to her family, and loved by everyone?...How do we account for, and do justice to, her talent?” — Danielle Chapman.
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