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Gwendolyn Brooks was 33 years old when she won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection, Annie Allen.
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How old was Gwendolyn Brooks at death?
Gwendolyn Brooks died on December 3, 2000 at the age of 83.
How old is Gwendolyn Brooks?
Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 7, 1917 and died on December 3, 2000. Gwendolyn Brooks would have been 83 years old at the time of death or 98 years old today.
Where was Gwendolyn Brooks born?
Gwendolyn Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1917.Her family moved to Chicago, Illinois before she was a year old.
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35
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Janet Cooke's Pulitzer prize-winning story was about an 8-year-old heroin addict named "Jimmy" living in Washington, D.C. However, it was later discovered that the story was fabricated and Cooke had fabricated the sources in the story.
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What playwright won the Pulitzer Prize in 1935?
The 1935 Pulitzer Prize for Drama was awarded to Zoe Akins for her dramatization of Edith Wharton's novel, The Old Maid. Although this was Akins' only Pulitzer win, another of her plays, The Greeks Had a Word For It, was adapted for the silver screen and became the 1953 hit movie How to Marry a Millionaire, starring Marylin Monroe.
What were gwendolyn brooks challenges?
Her dad was a free away slave and her mom was a teacher so she lived very poorly. PS: From an 11 year old look it up.
