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    • Gwendolyn Brooks

    American writer (1917–2000)

    Gwendolyn Brooks

    Commemorative postage stamp issued by the USPS in 2012

    BornGwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
    (1917-06-07)June 7, 1917
    Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
    DiedDecember 3, 2000(2000-12-03) (aged 83)
    Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    OccupationPoet
    EducationKennedy-King College
    Period1930–2000
    Notable worksA Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen, Winnie
    Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Poetry(1950)
    Robert Frost Medal(1989)
    National Medal of Arts(1995)
    Spouse

    Henry Lowington Blakely, Jr.

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    (m. 1939; died 1996)​
    Children2, including Nora Brooks Blakely

    Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) 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,