gwendolyn elizabeth brooks

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Definition of gwendolyn elizabeth brooks in English English dictionary

born June 7, 1917, Topeka, Kan., U.S. died Dec. 3, 2000, Chicago, Ill. U.S. poet. Reared in the Chicago slums, Brooks published her first poem at age

With Annie Allen (1949), a loosely connected series of poems about growing up in Chicago, she became the first black poet to win the Pulitzer Prize. The Bean Eaters (1960) contains some of her best verse. Among her other books are In the Mecca (1968), the autobiographical Report from Part One (1972), Primer for Blacks (1980), Young Poets' Primer (1981), and Children Coming Home (1991)

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Gwendolyn Brooks

With Annie Allen (1949), a loosely connected series of poems about growing up in Chicago, she became the first black poet to win the Pulitzer Prize. The Bean Eaters (1960) contains some of her best verse. Among her other books are In the Mecca (1968), the autobiographical Report from Part One (1972), Primer for Blacks (1980), Young Poets' Primer (1981), and Children Coming Home (1991)

Gwendolyn Brooks

born June 7, 1917, Topeka, Kan., U.S. died Dec. 3, 2000, Chicago, Ill. U.S. poet. Reared in the Chicago slums, Brooks published her first poem at age

Hyphenation

Gwen·do·lyn E·liz·a·beth Brooks

Turkish pronunciation

gwendılîn îlîzıbıth brûks

Pronunciation

/ˈgwendələn əˈləzəbəᴛʜ ˈbro͝oks/ /ˈɡwɛndəlɪn ɪˈlɪzəbəθ ˈbrʊks/