Geburtsdatum | Donnerstag, 07. Juni 1917 |
Geburtsort | Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
Todesort | Chicago |
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Beschreibung | 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. |
When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the blue water.
A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.
Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
