![]() In 1989, she received a lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Brooks won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 for her second book of poetry, "Annie Allen." She wrote hundreds of poems, had more than 20 books published and had been poet laureate of Illinois since 1968. "To not know is to doubt, to shrink from, sidestep or destroy." "I believe that we should all know each other, we human carriers of so many pleasurable differences," she said in a recent interview. Brooks was world renowned for promoting an understanding of black culture through her poetry while at the same time suggesting that inclusiveness is the key to harmony. ![]() Gwendolyn Brooks, 83, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her candid and compassionate poetry, which delved into poverty, racism and drug use among black people, died of cancer Dec. ![]()
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