99th birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks

Born 7 June 1917, Topeka, Kansas, US)

Celebrated poet, child prodigy who publishes her first poem at 13, first African American winner of the Pulitzer Prize (1950), Illinois state poet laureate (1968), academic

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98th birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks

(Born 7 June 1917, Topeka, Kansas, US)

Celebrated poet, child prodigy who publishes her first poem at 13, first African American winner of the Pulitzer Prize (1950), Illinois state poet laureate (1968), academic

Twitter@HerbertEkweEkwe

97th birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks

(Born 7 June 1917, Topeka, Kansas, US)

Celebrated poet, child prodigy who publishes her first poem at 13, first African American winner of the Pulitzer Prize (1950), Illinois state poet laureate (1968), academic

Twitter@HerbertEkweEkwe