Gwendolyn Brooks, American Poet(1917-2000)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Gwendolyn Brooks
• Birth: June 7, 1917, Topeka, Kansas, USA
• Death: December 3, 2000, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Language: English
• Who she was: American poet; A Street in Bronzeville; Annie Allen; Winnie; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1950); Poet Laureate of the USA (1985-1986)

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