Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) was an American poet, writer and novelist.
Also recorded as Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks.
Overview
Born at Topeka in 1917, died at Chicago in 2000.
In detail
Gwendolyn Brooks studied at Englewood Technical Prep Academy, Hyde Park Academy High School and Kennedy–King College. the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is poetry and fiction writing. Langston Hughes and Richard Wright are recorded as an influence.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Chicago. Residence is recorded at Illinois and South Side. Employment is recorded with Chicago State University and NAACP. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Works named in the authority record are Jump Bad: a New Chicago Anthology.
Work by Gwendolyn Brooks is recorded in the collections of Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, National Medal of Arts, National Women's Hall of Fame and Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Sources
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“Gwendolyn Brooks”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q270715: Gwendolyn Brooks
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