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Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917–2000) Reference library
Edward Butscher
The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry (2 ed.)
Born in Topeka, Kansas, and graduated from Chicago's Wilson Junior College in 1936. She married Henry Blakely in 1939
Brooks, Gwendolyn Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English
(1917–2000),
American poet, born in Topeka, Kansas. She grew up in Chicago, where she was educated at Wilson Junior College; the city, where she has spent most of her life, and ...
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Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917) Reference library
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
Although she was born on 7 June 1917 in Topeka, Kansas—the first child of David and Keziah Brooks—Gwendolyn Brooks is
Brooks, Gwendolyn Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
(1917–2000), African American poet and novelist, born in Topeka, Kansas, and reared and educated in Chicago. By age
Brooks, Gwendolyn (b. 7 June 1917) Reference library
Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present
(b. 7 June 1917; d. 3 December 2000),
poet and community activist. Gwendolyn Brooks was born
Brooks, Gwendolyn Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet, novelist, activist, and teacher, stands out for her social engagement, her professional generosity, and her literary
Brooks, Gwendolyn Reference library
Ann Folwell Stanford
The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States
(1917–2000), poet, novelist, and autobiographer.
The first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize (1950), Brooks's career has been characterized by a commitment to and ...
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Brooks, Gwendolyn Reference library
The Oxford Companion to American Literature (6 ed.)
(1917–2000),
poet reared in Chicago's slums, whose works include A Street in Bronzeville (1945), lyrics; Annie Allen...
