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Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) was an American poet and author, and she was the first African American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize (1950). Brooks was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968, named the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress for 1985 to 1986, and became the first African American woman inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Brooks’ writings varied greatly in style, but all followed the similar theme of dealing with the hardships of those in her community.

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Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the most highly regarded, influential, and widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry.

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Gwendolyn Brooks

About Gwendolyn Brooks, the author of more than twenty books of poetry.

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About Gwendolyn Brooks

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Gwendolyn Brooks Biography

Gwendolyn Brooks was a postwar poet best known as the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for her 1949 book 'Annie Allen.'

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Gwendolyn Brooks Biography

The Biography of Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks.

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Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)

The life story of Gwendolyn Brooks.

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Searching for Gwendolyn Brooks

Those that have taught me my best lessons have all learned from Gwendolyn Brooks, or have learned from someone who had learned from Brooks. Today, if I squint hard enough, if I ask the right questions, it seems everything—the poems, the music, the seasons—points me back to her.

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11 Iconic Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) sustained a decades-long career as a poet, and was recognized with many honors, including the Pulitzer Prize, during her lifetime.

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A Guide to Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks

The power and the beauty of poems by Gwendolyn Brooks has been a constant companion of mine the many decades since that day of introduction. If you’re a new reader, this is where to start.

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Frost? Williams? No, Gwendolyn Brooks

The year she became the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize, Brooks told her editor that in a life filled with housework, writing ‘is the only work in which I am interested.’

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