She lived in Chicago until her demise on December 3, 2000. She got an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, the Frost Medal, a National Endowment for the Arts Award, the Shelley Memorial Award, and partnerships from the Academy of American Poets and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 1985, she was the main dark lady designated as specialist in verse to the Library of Congress, a post presently known as Poet Laureate.
In 1968 she was named artist laureate for the territory of Illinois. She composed various different books including a novel, ‘Maud Martha’ in 1953, ‘Report from Part One: An Autobiography’ in 1972 and edited ‘Jump Bad: A New Chicago Anthology’ in 1971. Besides these books she has a number of other publications as well. She was the writer of over twenty books of verses, including ‘Children Coming Home’ in 1991, ‘Blacks’ in 1987, ‘To Disembark’ in 1981 and ‘In the Mecca’ in 1968. Her works dealt with the struggles and sufferings of native black community. She was conceived in Topeka, Kansas, on 7 th June 7, 1917. Gwendolyn Brooks was an American teacher, poet and writer.
