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Gwendolyn Brooks' "A Sunset of the City"

Category: Arts
Duration: 00:09:33
Publish Date: 2020-09-28 10:33:40
Description: Gwendolyn Brooks, in full Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks, (born June 7, 1917, Topeka, Kan., U.S.—died Dec. 3, 2000, Chicago, Ill.), American poet whose works deal with the everyday life of urban blacks. She was the first African American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize (1950), and in 1968 she was named the poet laureate of Illinois. --Britannica.com

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