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Gwendolyn Brooks biography

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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Topeka, Kansas
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Chicago, Illinois
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Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African American poet to win a Pulitzer Prize, is known for her vivid depictions of urban life.

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Born in Kansas in 1917, Gwendolyn Brooks became the the first African American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1950. Her poems, the most popular of which appear in a collection titled The Bean Eaters, offer vivid depictions of urban black life.

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