Gwendolyn Brooks by https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38 Collect important information about the author. en-us 2022-05-16 14:29:27 UTC 2022-05-18 17:35:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4ac.png Birthday https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880371 June 7, 1917]]> 2022-05-18 17:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880371 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. https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880381 2022-05-18 17:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880381 Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was a well-known and influential African American poet, author, and educator. https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880487 2022-05-18 17:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880487 https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880510 Born: June 7, 1917]]> 2022-05-18 17:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880510 american poet https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880649 2022-05-18 17:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880649 https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880721 Born: June 7, 1917, Topeka Kansas

]]> 2022-05-18 17:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880721 Died: December 3, 2000 https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880870 2022-05-18 17:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189880870 Brooks was born in Kansas but raised in Chicago https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881108 2022-05-18 17:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881108 Spouse: Henry Blakely (m. 1973–1996), Henry Blakely (m. 1939–1969) https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881230 2022-05-18 17:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881230 Died: December 3, 2000, https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881309 2022-05-18 17:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881309 this is a pic of her https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881402 2022-05-18 17:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881402 thing person https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881451 Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the most highly regarded, influential, and widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. She was a much-honored poet, even in her lifetime, with the distinction of being the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize.]]> 2022-05-18 17:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881451 Death https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881461 December 3, 2000]]> 2022-05-18 17:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881461 https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881496 In recognition of her service and achievements, a junior high school in Harvey, Illinois, was named for her, and she was similarly honored by Western Illinois University’s Gwendolyn Brooks Center for African-American Literature]]> 2022-05-18 17:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881496 won the pulitzer prize for poetry https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881508 2022-05-18 17:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881508 Her nicknamed was “Gwendie” https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881530 2022-05-18 17:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881530 Children: Nora Brooks Blakely, Henry Lowington Blakely III, Nora Blakely https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881561 2022-05-18 17:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881561 Education: Kennedy-King College (1936) https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881600 2022-05-18 17:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881600 https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881982 Died December 3. 2000 South Side Chicago]]> 2022-05-18 17:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189881982 https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882047
The epic, book-length poem Annie Allen (1949) earned Brooks a Pulitzer Prize in 1950, making her the first African-American to win this award
]]> 2022-05-18 17:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882047 Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, United States Poet Laureate https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882061 2022-05-18 17:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882061 Spouse: Henry Blakely (m. 1973–1996), Henry Blakely (m. 1939–1969) https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882463 2022-05-18 17:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882463 She was the first african american poet to win the pulitizer prize https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882475 2022-05-18 17:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882475 Brooks' first poem was published in a children's magazine when she was 13 https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882547 2022-05-18 17:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882547 https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882848 Attended Kennedy King College]]> 2022-05-18 17:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882848 Children: Nora Brooks Blakely, Henry Lowington Blakely III, Nora Blakely https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882851 2022-05-18 17:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189882851 16 Brooks has published about 75 poems https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189883039 2022-05-18 17:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189883039 https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189883231 she was the first african american to get the pulitzer prize]]> 2022-05-18 17:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189883231 more pictures https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189883416 2022-05-18 17:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189883416 she published her first poem at 13 https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189883584 2022-05-18 17:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189883584 Her Famous quote is “Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything.” - Gwendolyn Brooks. https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189884079 2022-05-18 17:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189884079 first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189884772 2022-05-18 17:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189884772 College https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189885487 Kennedy-King College]]> 2022-05-18 17:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189885487 Annie Allen (1949) https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189885592 2022-05-18 17:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189885592 growing up as a Black woman in Chicago influenced her poetry https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189885907 2022-05-18 17:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189885907 https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189886547 2022-05-18 17:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189886547 Parents: Keziah Wims and David Anderson Brooks https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189889267 2022-05-18 17:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189889267 she was a poet https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189889625 2022-05-18 17:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/KristinMeier/ldbfwhnbp6jbom38/wish/2189889625