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Gwendolyn Brooks

1917 - 2000

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Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) 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. Throughout her prolific writing career, Brooks received many more honors. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gwendolyn Brooks is the 5,708th most popular writer (down from 5,681st in 2019), the 9,325th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,673rd in 2019) and the 685th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 5,708 out of 7,302. Before her are Julia Hartwig, Ha Jin, Christopher Paolini, Hannu Salama, Áron Tamási, and Miklós Jósika. After her are H. A. Rey, Jhumpa Lahiri, Lloyd C. Douglas, Niccolò Ammaniti, Alexei Panshin, and Memnon of Heraclea.

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Among people born in 1917, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 299. Before her are Pyotr Demichev, Barbara Burke, Isabel Sanford, Francis Parker Yockey, Barbro Kollberg, and June Foray. After her are Reidar Liaklev, Jo Stafford, Oswald Karch, Rufus Thomas, Zagir Ismagilov, and Tadd Dameron. Among people deceased in 2000, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 285. Before her are Yuriy Lituyev, Rober Eryol, Lajos Kocsis, Marc Davis, Erich Borchmeyer, and Alberto Demiddi. After her are Ernesto Albarracín, Helmut Berthold, Larry Linville, Masao Harada, Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, and Georgiy Gongadze.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 9,327 out of 20,380. Before her are Gregg Araki (1959), Brain (1963), Sherman Hemsley (1938), Phillip Rhee (1960), Jennifer Hudson (1981), and Bob Einstein (1942). After her are Lee Ranaldo (1956), Katherine McNamara (1995), Lana (1985), Christian Camargo (1971), Christine Estabrook (1952), and Chloe Webb (1956).

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Among writers born in United States, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 685. Before her are Booth Tarkington (1869), Frank Belknap Long (1901), T. C. Boyle (1948), Amiri Baraka (1934), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), and Christopher Paolini (1983). After her are Lloyd C. Douglas (1877), Alexei Panshin (1940), Bill O'Reilly (1949), William Cullen Bryant (1794), Hanya Yanagihara (1974), and Michael Parenti (1933).

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