Gwendolyn Brooks: Facts & Related Content
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Also Known As | Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks |
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Born | June 7, 1917 • Topeka • Kansas |
Died | December 3, 2000 (aged 83) • Chicago • Illinois |
Awards And Honors | Pulitzer Prize |
Notable Works | “A Street in Bronzeville” • “Annie Allen” • “Blacks” • “Children Coming Home” • “In the Mecca” • “Primer for Blacks” • “Report from Part One” • “Report from Part Two” • “Selected Poems” • “The Bean Eaters” • “The Near-Johannesburg Boy, and Other Poems” • “Winnie” • “Young Poet’s Primer” |
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