Gwendolyn Brooks

African american writer.

Born June 7th, 1917 in Topeka. [ref]

Died December 3rd, 2000 at 83 years old in Chicago (cancer). [ref]

Occupations
novelist, poet, teacher, writer
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I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. Jimi Hendrix