Brooks

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks: the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. She was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1917. When she was about six her and her family moved to Chicago. After graduating from high school, she later went on to college at Wilson Junior College in 1936. She had worked as a secretary for most of her life when she was trying to get up and going in the writing world. She went on to write numerous books throughout her lifetime and get a multitude of them published. The Pulitzer Prize was given to her for her poetry printed out in her book, //Annie Allen//. She went on to become a teacher and teach at multiple colleges across the country. She died back in Chicago on December 3, 2000.