# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gwendolyn-brooks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:59:27.871Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gwendolyn-brooks"
name: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
slug: "gwendolyn-brooks"
description: "Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks 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."
tagline: "American writer (1917–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gwendolyn_Brooks.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1917-06-07"
deathDate: "2000-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.61
  momentum:             9.192532285283605
  historical:           23.718456
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/903842"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "غويندولين بروكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "قوندولین بروکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooksov%C3%A1"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooksová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "گوندولین بروکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A1"
    title: "גוונדולין ברוקס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8"
    title: "ग्वेंडोलिन ब्रुक्स"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D4%B2%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%84%D5%BD"
    title: "Գվենդոլին Բրուքս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9"
    title: "グウェンドリン・ブルックス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98"
    title: "გვენდოლინ ბრუკსი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Gwendolyn Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://et.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fi.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump