Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Gwendolyn Brooks

Born: June 7, 1917
Died: December 3, 2000 (aged 83)
Bio: Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet and teacher. She was the first black person to win a Pulitzer prize when she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 for her second collection, Annie Allen.
Known for:
- Annie Allen (1949)
- Maud Martha (1953)
- In the Mecca; Poems (1968)
- Bronzeville Boys and Girls (1956)
- The Bean Eaters (1960)
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