Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000)
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Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 17, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas. She graduated from Wilson Junior College in Chicago in 1936 and received her L.H.D. (Doctor of Humane Letters) from Columbia College in 1964. She was the author of more than twenty books of poetry, including Children Coming Home, Blacks, näytä lisää To Disembark, The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems, Riot, In the Mecca, The Bean Eaters, and A Street in Bronzeville. In 1950, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Annie Allen. She wrote numerous other books including a novel, Maud Martha, Report from Part One: An Autobiography, a book of poetry for children Bronzeville Boys and Girls, and several children's fiction books. She was named Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968. She also received an American Academy of Arts and Letters award, the Frost Medal, a National Endowment for the Arts award, the Shelley Memorial Award, and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and the Guggenheim Foundation. She died on December 3, 2000. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Tekijän teokset
We Real Cool 7 kappaletta
Annie Allen. [Poems 1 kappale
In The Mecca 1 kappale
Brooks, Gwendolyn Archive 1 kappale
We Real Cool Issue 1 1 kappale
Poetry 1 kappale
The Wall: For Edward Christmas 1 kappale
Fourth annual Poet Laureate Awards 1973 1 kappale
Marie Lucille 1 kappale
Narcissa 1 kappale
Andre 1 kappale
First Fight. Then Fiddle (included in The Norton Introduction to Literature - 5th Edition) 1 kappale
Vern 1 kappale
Children Coming Home 1 kappale
Associated Works
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Avustaja, eräät painokset — 917 kappaletta
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology (1967) — Avustaja — 174 kappaletta
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Avustaja — 172 kappaletta
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Avustaja — 159 kappaletta
Poetry Speaks Expanded: Hear Poets Read Their Own Work from Tennyson to Plath (2007) — Avustaja — 151 kappaletta
Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds: Stories by and about Black Women (1990) — Avustaja — 104 kappaletta
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1656) — Avustaja — 100 kappaletta
Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 (1994) — Avustaja — 89 kappaletta
Grand Mothers: Poems, Reminiscences, and Short Stories About the Keepers of Our Traditions (1994) — Avustaja — 77 kappaletta
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Avustaja — 42 kappaletta
Discovering Fiction Student's Book 1: A Reader of American Short Stories (2001) — Avustaja — 19 kappaletta
Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology (2024) — Avustaja — 15 kappaletta
Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Poets Read Their Work — Kertoja, eräät painokset — 2 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth
- Syntymäaika
- 1917-06-07
- Kuolinaika
- 2000-12-03
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Topeka, Kansas, USA
- Kuolinpaikka
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Koulutus
- Wilson Junior College (1936)
- Ammatit
- poet
publicist
teacher - Suhteet
- Blakely, Henry (husband)
Madhubuti, Haki R. (cultural son) - Organisaatiot
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1976)
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- National Book Award, Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (1994)
Shelley Memorial Award (1975/1976)
Frost Medal (1988/1989)
National Medal of Arts (1995)
Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets (1999)
Poet Laureate of Illinois (1968) (näytä kaikki 11)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award ( [1946])
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (1985-1986)
Jefferson Lecture (1994)
Aiken Taylor Award (1992)
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (2010)
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Black Authors (1)
Writing (1)
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