Gwendolyn Brooks

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African American poet person poet writer

Gwendolyn Brooks was a pioneering African American poet and Pulitzer Prize winner whose work powerfully depicted Black urban life and influenced generations of writers and artists.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American poet → person → poet → writer →
appointedAs	Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 →
awardReceived	American Academy of Arts and Letters award → National Medal of Arts → Pulitzer Prize for Poetry → Robert Frost Medal →
burialPlace	Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Illinois, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1917-06-07 →
dateOfDeath	2000-12-03 →
educatedAt	Englewood High School → Wilson Junior College →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Brooks →
fullName	Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks →
gender	female →
genre	fiction → poetry →
givenName	Gwendolyn →
influenced	African American literature → Black Arts Movement poets → contemporary American poets →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mainTheme	Black urban life → community → identity → poverty → racial injustice →
movement	Black Arts Movement → Harlem Renaissance influence →
notableAchievement	first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry →
notableWork	A Street in Bronzeville → Annie Allen → Maud Martha → The Bean Eaters → We Real Cool →
occupation	lecturer → novelist → poet → teacher →
placeOfBirth	Topeka, Kansas, United States →
placeOfDeath	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
positionHeld	Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress → Poet Laureate of Illinois →
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
subjectOf	Gwendolyn Brooks: A Life (biographical studies) →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gwendolyn Brooks ("Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks") →	fullName
Chicago Black Renaissance →	hasNotableFigure
Third World Press →	hasPublished
Haki R. Madhubuti →	influencedBy
Black Arts Movement →	notableFigure
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry →	notableWinner
Broadside Press →	publishedAuthor
Gwendolyn Brooks ("Gwendolyn Brooks: A Life (biographical studies)") →	subjectOf