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Gwendolyn Brooks

1917 - 2000

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Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, making her the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize.Throughout her prolific writing career, Brooks received many more honors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gwendolyn Brooks has received more than 970,150 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Gwendolyn Brooks is the 5,067th most popular writer (down from 5,048th in 2019), the 7,617th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,023rd in 2019) and the 613th most popular American Writer.

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  • 970k

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  • 44.88

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 5,067 out of 5,755Before her are Anatole Le Braz, Villy Sørensen, Kate Wilhelm, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Mochtar Lubis, and Yamabe no Akahito. After her are Anton Aškerc, Wilbert Awdry, Charles Wilkins, Katherine Neville, Nella Larsen, and Thomas Love Peacock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 251Before her are Leandro Remondini, Jean Lucas, Richard Boone, Eugen Walaschek, Yahya Petra of Kelantan, and Freddie Francis. After her are Wenche Foss, Tadd Dameron, Nils Täpp, Rufus Thomas, Ibrahim Shams, and Carlo Cassola. Among people deceased in 2000, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 236Before her are Paula Yates, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, Policarpo Paz García, Barbara Sobotta, Audun Boysen, and Erich Kähler. After her are Stanley Turrentine, Joann Lõssov, George Koltanowski, Matija Ljubek, Georgiy Gongadze, and Raymundo Rodríguez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 7,617 out of 18,182Before her are Scott Foley (1972), Noah Baumbach (1969), George Steinbrenner (1930), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), Charles Conrad Abbott (1843), and Stormy Daniels (1979). After her are Jon-Erik Hexum (1957), Kitty Winn (1944), Eliza Dushku (1980), Judah Folkman (1933), Samantha Fox (1950), and Michael J. Adams (1930).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 613Before her are Louella Parsons (1881), Amy Lowell (1874), Michael Herr (1940), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), and Kate Wilhelm (1928). After her are Katherine Neville (1945), Nella Larsen (1891), Nancy Kress (1948), Gardner Dozois (1947), Marc Okrand (1948), and Grace Paley (1922).