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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Label	Occurrences
Gwendolyn Brooks canonical	26
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks	2
Gwendolyn Brooks: A Life (biographical studies)	1
helped establish Gwendolyn Brooks’s reputation	1
poet Gwendolyn Brooks	1

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instanceOf	African American poet ⓘ person ⓘ poet ⓘ writer ⓘ
appointedAs	Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 ⓘ
awardReceived	American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature ⓘ surface form: 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	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Brooks ⓘ
fullName	Gwendolyn Brooks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
gender	female ⓘ
genre	fiction ⓘ poetry ⓘ
givenName	Gwendolyn ⓘ
influenced	African American literature ⓘ Black Arts Movement ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gwendolyn Brooks: A Life (biographical studies)

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A Street in Bronzeville → author → Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ

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The Bean Eaters → author → Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ

We Real Cool → author → Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ

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Robert Frost Medal → notableRecipient → Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ

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