Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000)
Autor de Selected Poems
Sobre El Autor
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, mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
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Obras de Gwendolyn Brooks
We Real Cool 7 copias
Annie Allen. [Poems 1 copia
In The Mecca 1 copia
Brooks, Gwendolyn Archive 1 copia
We Real Cool Issue 1 1 copia
Poetry 1 copia
The Wall: For Edward Christmas 1 copia
Marie Lucille 1 copia
Narcissa 1 copia
Andre 1 copia
Vern 1 copia
Children Coming Home 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones — 919 copias
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology (1967) — Contribuidor — 174 copias
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Contribuidor — 172 copias
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Contribuidor — 159 copias
Poetry Speaks Expanded: Hear Poets Read Their Own Work from Tennyson to Plath (2007) — Contribuidor — 151 copias
Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds: Stories by and about Black Women (1990) — Contribuidor — 104 copias
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1656) — Contribuidor — 100 copias
Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 (1994) — Contribuidor — 89 copias
Grand Mothers: Poems, Reminiscences, and Short Stories About the Keepers of Our Traditions (1994) — Contribuidor — 78 copias
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Contribuidor — 42 copias
Discovering Fiction Student's Book 1: A Reader of American Short Stories (2001) — Contribuidor — 19 copias
Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology (2024) — Contribuidor — 16 copias
Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Poets Read Their Work — Narrador, algunas ediciones — 2 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1917-06-07
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2000-12-03
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Topeka, Kansas, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Educación
- Wilson Junior College (1936)
- Ocupaciones
- poet
publicist
teacher - Relaciones
- Blakely, Henry (husband)
Madhubuti, Haki R. (cultural son) - Organizaciones
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1976)
- Premios y honores
- 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) (mostrar todos 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)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Zora Canon (3)
The Zora Canon (3)
Youth: BLM (1)
Schwob Nederland (1)
AP Lit (1)
Black Authors (1)
Writing (1)
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- Obras
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- También por
- 54
- Miembros
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- Popularidad
- #11,677
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 36
- ISBNs
- 74
- Idiomas
- 3
- Favorito
- 9