Gwendolyn Brooks
Poet, Author, Musical Artist
1917 – 2000
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Who was Gwendolyn Brooks?
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 and was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985.
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- Born
- Jun 7, 1917
Topeka - Also known as
- Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
- Brooks, Gwendolyn
- Spouses
- Henry Blakely
(1939 - )
- Henry Blakely
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Englewood Technical Prep Academy
- Hyde Park Academy High School
- Lived in
- Topeka
- Illinois
- Died
- Dec 3, 2000
Chicago - Resting place
- Lincoln Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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