She was a teacher of writing and a writer of criticism. Gwendolyn Brooks' literary career spanned more than 50 years and included poetry, a novel, criticism, verse and fiction for children, and an autobiography. September 8, 1951).Īwarded numerous honorary degrees published A Street in Bronzeville (1945) won Pulitzer Prize for Annie Allen (1950) published In the Mecca (1968) selected poet laureate of Illinois (1968) appointed poetry consultant to the Library of Congress (1985) received the National Medal of Arts (1995). Born Gwendolyn Brooks on June 7, 1917, in Topeka, Kansas died on December 3, 2000, in Chicago daughter of David Anderson Brooks (a mechanic and janitor) and Keziah Corine (Wims) Brooks (a teacher and homemaker) graduated from Wilson Junior College, 1936 married Henry Blakely, 1938 children: Henry Jr. African-American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, novelist, and teacher.
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