Gwendolyn Brooks
1917 - 2000
General Information
Bio
(1917-2000) Poet. Gwendolyn Brooks taught creative writing at Columbia University and City College of the City University of New York in Manhattan, New York. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1985 to 1986.
Full Name
Gwendolyn Brooks
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
Unknown
OTHER
Brooks taught creative writing at Columbia University and City College of the City University of New York in Manhattan, New York.
1917
BIRTH
Gwendolyn Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1917.
1945
LITWORK
A Street in Bronzeville
Harper and Row.
Poetry collection.
Harper and Row.
Poetry collection.
1949
LITWORK
Annie Allen
Harper.
Poetry collection, winner of 1950 Pulitzer Prize.
Harper.
Poetry collection, winner of 1950 Pulitzer Prize.
1953
LITWORK
Maud Martha
Harper.
Novel.
Harper.
Novel.
1960
LITWORK
The Bean Eaters
Harper.
Poetry collection.
Harper.
Poetry collection.
1963
LITWORK
Selected Poems
Harper.
Poetry collection.
Harper.
Poetry collection.
1963
LITWORK
Selected Poems
Poetry collection.
Poetry collection.
1968
LITWORK
In the Mecca
Harper.
Poetry collection.
Harper.
Poetry collection.
1969
LITWORK
Riot
Broadside Press.
Poetry collection.
Broadside Press.
Poetry collection.
1970
LITWORK
The World of Gwendolyn Brooks
Harper.
Poetry collection.
Harper.
Poetry collection.
1980
LITWORK
Primer for Blacks
Black Position Press.
Black Position Press.
1981
LITWORK
To Disembark
Third World Press.
Third World Press.
1986
LITWORK
The Near Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems
The David Company.
Poetry collection.
The David Company.
Poetry collection.
1987
LITWORK
Blacks
Poetry collection.
Poetry collection.
2000
DEATH
Gwendolyn Brooks died in Chicago, Illinois, in 2000.
2000
INTERMENT
Gwendolyn Brooks is interred at Lincoln Cemetery, Worth, Illinois.
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