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Memorial Page for Gwendolyn Brooks
Jun 7, 1917 – Dec 3, 2000(83 years)Died in:Chicago, Cook County
American writer
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Gwendolyn Brooks (* June 7, 1917 in Topeka; † December 3, 2000 in Chicago) was an american writer. She was 83 years old. She was married to Henry Blakely. Her education included Englewood Technical Prep Academy, Hyde Park Academy High School, Kennedy–King College and Wendell Phillips Academy High School. She received 9 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, National Medal of Arts. Her cause of death was cancer. She was buried at Lincoln Cemetery.
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9 EventsBorn in Topeka, Shawnee County
1917Guggenheim Fellowship
1946Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1950Annie Allen
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
1969Langston Hughes Medal
1979United States Poet Laureate
1985National Women's Hall of Fame
1988Robert Frost Medal
1989Died in Chicago, Cook County (cancer)
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Gwendolyn Brooks. Forever remembered.