Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000)
Auteur de Selected Poems
A propos de l'auteur
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, afficher plus 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) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Gwendolyn Brooks
We Real Cool 7 exemplaires
Annie Allen. [Poems 1 exemplaire
In The Mecca 1 exemplaire
Brooks, Gwendolyn Archive 1 exemplaire
We Real Cool Issue 1 1 exemplaire
Poetry 1 exemplaire
The Wall: For Edward Christmas 1 exemplaire
Fourth annual Poet Laureate Awards 1973 1 exemplaire
Marie Lucille 1 exemplaire
Narcissa 1 exemplaire
Andre 1 exemplaire
First Fight. Then Fiddle (included in The Norton Introduction to Literature - 5th Edition) 1 exemplaire
Vern 1 exemplaire
Children Coming Home 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 917 exemplaires
Black Voices: An Anthology of Afro-American Literature (Mentor) (1968) — Contributeur — 324 exemplaires
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology (1967) — Contributeur — 174 exemplaires
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Contributeur — 172 exemplaires
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Contributeur — 159 exemplaires
Poetry Speaks Expanded: Hear Poets Read Their Own Work from Tennyson to Plath (2007) — Contributeur — 151 exemplaires
Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry (2009) — Contributeur — 114 exemplaires
Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds: Stories by and about Black Women (1990) — Contributeur — 104 exemplaires
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1656) — Contributeur — 100 exemplaires
Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 (1994) — Contributeur — 89 exemplaires
Make a Joyful Sound: Poems for Children by African American Poets (1991) — Contributeur — 81 exemplaires
Grand Mothers: Poems, Reminiscences, and Short Stories About the Keepers of Our Traditions (1994) — Contributeur — 77 exemplaires
On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library (2021) — Contributeur — 64 exemplaires
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Contributeur — 42 exemplaires
A Way Out of No Way: Writing about Growing Up Black in America (1996) — Contributeur — 33 exemplaires
Discovering Fiction Student's Book 1: A Reader of American Short Stories (2001) — Contributeur — 19 exemplaires
The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks (2017) — Contributeur — 16 exemplaires
Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology (2024) — Contributeur — 16 exemplaires
It's All Love: Black Writers on Soul Mates, Family, and Friends (2009) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Poets Read Their Work — Narrateur, quelques éditions — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth
- Date de naissance
- 1917-06-07
- Date de décès
- 2000-12-03
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Topeka, Kansas, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Études
- Wilson Junior College (1936)
- Professions
- poet
publicist
teacher - Relations
- Blakely, Henry (husband)
Madhubuti, Haki R. (cultural son) - Organisations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1976)
- Prix et distinctions
- 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) (tout afficher 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)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Zora Canon (3)
The Zora Canon (3)
Youth: BLM (1)
Schwob Nederland (1)
AP Lit (1)
Black Authors (1)
Writing (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 65
- Aussi par
- 54
- Membres
- 2,194
- Popularité
- #11,694
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 36
- ISBN
- 74
- Langues
- 3
- Favoris
- 9