Birth Year: 1917 Birth date: June 7, 1917 Birth State: Kansas Birth City: Topeka Birth Country: United States Gender: Female Best Known For: Gwendolyn Brooks was a postwar poet best known as the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for her 1949 book 'Annie Allen.' Industries Fi...
Gwendolyn Brooks was one of the most influential poets of the 20th century and the first African American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize (1950). Her works deal with the everyday life of urban African Americans, combining Modernist techniques with Black i