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Gwendolyn Brooks was a prominent American poet whose work delved into the African American experience. Born on June 7, 1917, in Topeka, Kansas, she spent much of her life in Chicago, Illinois. Brooks' poetry frequently depicted the struggles and victories of the African American community, and she became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 for her collection 'Annie Allen'. She passed away on December 3, 2000.

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“I don't want people running around saying Gwen Brooks's work is intellectual. That makes people think instantly about obscurity. It shouldn't have to mean that, but it often seems to.”

People Thinking Want Mean Seems Running Intellectual Obscurity Brooks

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“I think it must be lonely to be God. Nobody loves a master. No.”

Thinking God Loneliness Masters Lonely

Book:The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks

Source: The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks

“She was afraid to suggest to him that to most people, nothing "happens." That most people merely live from day to day until they die. That, after he had been dead a year, doubtless fewer than five people would think of him oftener than once a year. That there might even come a year when no one on earth would think of him at all.”

People Thinking Years Might Happens Earth Dies Five Fewer Day To Day

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“I think there are things for all of us to do as long as we're here and we're healthy.”

Thinking Long Happiness Success Fear Inspiring Healthy Perseverance

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“A poem doesn't do everything for you. You are supposed to go on with your thinking. You are supposed to enrich the other person's poem with your extensions, your uniquely personal understandings, thus making the poem serve you.”

Thinking Persons Understanding Goes On Extensions

Book:In Montgomery, and Other Poems

Source: In Montgomery, and Other Poems

“When I start writing a poem, I don't think about models or about what anybody else in the world has done.”

Thinking World Writing Done Models

Book:Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks

Source: Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks

About the Author

Born: June 7, 1917
Died: December 3, 2000
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 99

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