Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Poet
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Chicago_Renaissance
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:National_Medal_of_Arts
gptkb:Langston_Hughes_Medal
Chicago_Literary_Hall_of_Fame_induction
Poet_Laureate_of_Illinois_title
gptkbp:born June 7, 1917
gptkbp:died December 3, 2000
gptkbp:hasChild gptkb:Gwendolyn_Brooks
gptkb:H._A._Brooks
Nellie_Brooks
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
gptkbp:influenced Literature
Poetry community
Contemporary_African_American_poets
gptkbp:knownFor Poetry
Innovative use of form
Themes of race and gender
Depiction of urban life
Social commentary in poetry
Exploration_of_African_American_identity
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:The_Blackstone_Rangers
Riot
The Near-Johannesburg Boy
Children Coming Home
Family_Pictures
gptkbp:servedIn Poet_Laureate_of_Illinois
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Henry_Blake_Brooks
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Wilson_Junior_College
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt gptkb:The_William_Carlos_Williams_Award
gptkb:The_Chicago_Literary_Hall_of_Fame_Award
gptkb:Gwendolyn_Brooks_Award
gptkb:The_Illinois_Governor's_Award_for_the_Arts
The Frost Medal
The National Book Award
The Shelley Memorial Award
The Golden Rose Award
The Langston Hughes Medal
The Illinois Poet Laureate title
The_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_from_the_Chicago_Public_Library
gptkbp:wasPartOf gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
gptkb:Black_Arts_Movement
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Poetry
gptkbp:wrote We Real Cool
The Bean Eaters
A_Street_in_Bronzeville