Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks 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.
Background
- Born in
- Topeka
- Educated at
- Englewood Technical Prep AcademyHyde Park Academy High SchoolKennedy–King CollegeWendell Phillips Academy High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Robert Frost Medal🏆 United States Poet Laureate🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship🏆 National Medal of Arts
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Trending topics shown first"When I start writing a poem, I don't think about models or about what anybody else in the world has done."
"Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world."
"I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it."
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Timeline
1917
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