About Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, making her the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize.
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Awards & Honors
Robert Frost Medal
United States Poet Laureate
Guggenheim Fellowship
National Medal of Arts
National Women's Hall of Fame
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Jefferson Lecture
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Langston Hughes Medal
Library of Congress Living Legend
Shelley Memorial Award
Eunice Tietjens Memorial Prize
Black Literary Hall of Fame
Kuumba Liberation Award
Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets
honorary degree from Spelman College
Order of Lincoln
