Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks ( born June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas, † December 3, 2000 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American writer. She was Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968.

Biography

Gwendolyn Brooks was born in Topeka (Kansas ), but her parents moved to Chicago when she was six weeks old. There she also grew up. She began first in the Chicago Defender, a newspaper for African Americans to publish. In 1950 she was awarded the first black for her book of poetry, Annie Allen awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. Brooks received a total of more than 75 honorary degrees from universities and colleges in the world.

Brooks writes her poems in the form of ballads, sonnets, however, can not be restricted by the traditional forms. In addition there are also poems in free form or with Blue rhythms. Many of her poems deal with the lives of poor people in Chicago. Her best-known poem is We Real Cool, which is also found in many English textbooks. It is regarded as one of the leaders of the Black Arts Movement.

Brooks view of poetry was the following: To a great thing to bring forth, one must not write epic work, because real size can also be found in a small haiku, which is five or seven syllables long ( " bigness can be found in a little haiku, five syllables, syllables seven. ").

Works

  • A Street in Bronzeville (1945 )
  • Annie Allen ( 1949)
  • Maud Martha ( 1953) ( Fiction )
  • Bronzeville Boys and Girls (1956 )
  • The Bean Eaters (1960 )
  • Selected Poems (1963 )
  • We Real Cool (1966 )
  • The Wall (1967 )
  • In the Mecca (1968 )
  • Family Pictures (1970 )
  • Black Steel: Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali (1971 )
  • The World of Gwendolyn Brooks ( 1971)
  • Aloneness (1971 )
  • Report from Part One: An Autobiography ( 1972) ( Prose )
  • A Capsule Course in Black Poetry Writing ( 1975) ( Prose )
  • Aurora (1972)
  • Beckonings (1975 )
  • Black Love (1981 )
  • To Disembark (1981 )
  • Primer for Blacks ( 1981) ( Prose )
  • Young Poet's Primer ( 1981) ( Prose )
  • Very Young Poets (1983) ( Prose )
  • The Near -Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems (1986 )
  • Blacks (1987)
  • Winnie (1988 )
  • Children Coming Home (1991 )
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