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Selected Poems (P.S.) by Gwendolyn Brooks, 2006-07-01 Blacks by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994-01-01 Maud Martha: A Novel by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992-10-01 Report from Part Two by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996-06-01 Bronzeville Boys and Girls by Gwendolyn Brooks, 2007-01-01 A Street in Bronzeville by Gwendolyn. Brooks, 1945-01-01 In the Mecca; Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1968-06 Aloneness by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1973 Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and the Heroic Voice by D.H. Melhem, 1988-06-21 The Bean Eaters by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1960 Gwendolyn Brooks: Poet from Chicago (Carter G Woodson Honor Book (Awards)) by Martha E. Rhynes, 2003-02 Very Young Poets by gwendolyn brooks, 1983-01-01 Gwendolyn Brooks (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks (Literary Conversations Series)

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   Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas to Keziah Wims Brooks and David Anderson Brooks. Brooks mother was a former school teacher who left  
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   Extractions: stan@stanwoodard.com Image changes every 20 seconds or click images on left Gwendolyn Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an award-winning African American woman poet. She was born in Topeka, Kansas, but when she was six weeks old, her family moved to Chicago where she grew up. Although she also wrote a novel, an autobiography and some other prose works, she was noted primarily as a poet. Her 1949 book of poetry, Annie Allen, received a Pulitzer Prize in 1950, the first won by an African American. In 1968, she was made Poet Laureate of Illinois. Other awards she received included the Frost Medal, the Shelley Memorial Award, and an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Brooks was awarded more than 75 honorary degrees from colleges and universities worldwide. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gwendolyn_Brooks

3. VG: Artist Biography: Brooks, Gwendolyn
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   Extractions: Jump to: Biography and Criticism Selected Bibliography Archives Related Links Gwendolyn Brooks was born to Keziah Corine Wims and David Anderson Brooks on June 17, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas. Her family moved to their permanent residence on Champlin Avenue in Chicago when Brooks was four. Shortly after their move (at the age of seven), Brooks began rhyming, and by the young age of thirteen she had her first poem published. She became a weekly contributor to the Chicago Defender and attended Wilson Junior College, from which she graduated in 1936. In 1937, when Brooks was twenty, her work appeared in two anthologies. Gwendolyn Brooks won her first major award in 1943 at the Midwestern Writers' Conference. In addition to several other honorariums (among which are two Guggenheim awards, her appointment as Poet Laureate of Illinois, and the National Endowment for the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award), Brooks was the first African-American writer to both win the Pulitzer Prize (1949) and to be appointed to the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1976). Brooks received more than fifty honorary doctorates from colleges and universities. In 1969, the Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center opened on the campus of Western Illinois University. After a lifetime of proficient verse writing, Brooks died of cancer in December 2000. She was 83 years old. permissions info This view into African-American culture recurs in several of Brooks' other works, including The Bean Eaters (a view into the life of impoverished yet content elderly African-Americans) and We Real Cool (a stream of thoughts of poor inner-city African-Americans who have adopted a hoodlum lifestyle). The most dominant theme in Brooks' work is the impact of ethnicity and life experiences on one's view of life. Brooks incorporates this belief into "Young Heroes: To Keorapetse Kgositsile (Willie)" in her collection Family Pictures. While most readers may regard Afrika (the focal character of "Young Heroes") as a "horror...in working clothes" (Brooks 15), Brooks looks up to him as the man who will enlighten the African-American race through his teachings.

4. Gwendolyn Brooks
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   Extractions: A Pulitzer Prize winner from Topeka? Yes, few realize it, but Gwendolyn Brooks won that acclaim for her book of poetry, Annie Allen . Brooks was also the first African American poet to win the Pulitzer, an honor which stands at the forefront of many awards which have decorated her long and successful writing career. Born in North Topeka in 1917, the daughter of a school teacher, Brooks was barely one month old when the family moved to Chicago. From an early age, she developed an interest in writing and was able to relate experiences on black urban life into a complicated but beautiful poetic style. Her first success was A Street in Bronzeville , a book of poetry which brought her rave reviews and addressed such important issues as abortion, war and violent crime. The 1950s Annie Allen was a study of black urban life in post-war Chicago. In the next 20 years, other successful works included In the Mecca Maud Martha Riot and her autobiography which brought international prominence. In 1986 she was named Poet Laureate of the state of Illinois.

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   Extractions: Biography Base Home Link To Us Search Biographies: Browse Biographies A B C D ... Z Gwendolyn Brooks Biography Gwendolyn Brooks (June 7, 1917 - December 3, 2000) was an award-winning African American woman poet. Born in Topeka, Kansas, she grew up in and remained in Chicago, Illinois. Although she also wrote a novel, an autobiography and some other prose works, she was noted primarily as a poet. Her 1949 book of poetry, Annie Allen, received a Pulitzer Prize, the first won by an African American. In 1968, she was made Poet Laureate of Illinois. Other awards she received included the Frost Medal, the Shelley Memorial Award, and an American Academy of Arts and Letters award. Her poetry is rooted in the poor and mostly African-American South Side of Chicago. She initially published her poetry as a columnist for the Chicago Defender, an African American newspaper. Although her poems range in style from traditional ballads and sonnets to using blues rhythms in free verse, her characters are often drawn from the poor inner city. Her bluesy poem "We Real Cool" is often found in school textbooks. She is seen as a leader of the Black Arts movement. After her first book of poetry was published in 1945, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship. After John F. Kennedy invited her to a Library of Congress poetry festival in 1962, she began a college teaching career which saw her teach at Columbia College (Chicago), Northeastern Illinois University, Elmhurst College, Columbia University, Clay College of New York, and the University of Wisconsin. She was the 1985 Library of Congress' Consultant in Poetry, a one year position whose title changed the next year to Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. In 1994, she was chosen as the National Endowment for the Humanities's Jefferson Lecturer, one of the highest honors for American literature.

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   Extractions: Login Search Mega Net: Home Library Society For Women ... Poets : Brooks, Gwendolyn Brooks, Gwendolyn - Circle Association Offers nearly twenty poems, and biographical details on the award winning African-American poet. http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/brooks/brooks.html Brooks, Gwendolyn - For Sadie and Maude http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/blkmanif/#for Brooks, Gwendolyn - Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center Provides cultural experiences, academic opportunities, and social programs designed to aid African-Americans at Western Illinois University http://wiuadm1.wiu.edu/mibcc/ Brooks, Gwendolyn - Heath Anthology Offers advice on teaching the work of this award-winning poet, including a bibliography and an introduction to the major themes in her work. http://www.georgetown.edu/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/brooks.html Brooks, Gwendolyn - Modern American Poetry http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brooks/brooks.htm Brooks, Gwendolyn - The Academy of American Poets Features a biography, a bibliography, and related links for this Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Includes a Real Audio reading of "We Real Cool." http://www.poets.org/lit/POET/gbrooks.htm

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