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Who was first African-American to win a Nobel prize in literature?
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∙ 10y ago
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) became the first African-American to receive a Pulitzer Prize when she won the Poetry category in 1950 with her collection, Annie Allen(Harper).
Brooks was an acclaimed poet and author who published her first poem at age 13. She went on to become Poet Laureate of Illinois (1968) and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (1985), both high honors.
Over the course of her life, Brooks wrote 24 published books of poetry, including the celebrated work We Real Cool (1966), and five nonfiction titles.
The Pool Players.
Seven at the Golden Shovel.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
To read more of Gwendolyn Brooks' poetry, see Related Links, below.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoMoneta Sleet, Jr., award-winning photojournalist, became the first African-American man to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for "Deep Sorrow," his photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow, Coretta Scott King, taken at Dr. King's funeral. The image was published in Ebony Magazine.
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∙ 8y agoThe first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature was Toni Morrison.
She was born in Ohio on the 18th February 1931.
She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.
She also won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction earlier on in 1988.
Further Reading:
- Toni Morrison on Wikipedia
- List of black Nobel laureates on Wikipedia
- Women Nobel Prize winners on the official Nobel Prize website
- Toni Morrison on the official Nobel Prize website
Please note that it is a common error to call this Nobel Prize the "Nobel Peace Prize for Literature". It is not a "peace" prize.
The correct name for the award is "Nobel Prize for Literature".
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∙ 9y agoThe first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature was Toni Morrison. She won the Nobel prize in 1993 and was the author of "Song of Solomon" "Beloved, "and "Jazz".
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∙ 10y agoThe woman's name is Toni Morrison. She won the prize in 1993.
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∙ 13y agoToni Morrison
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∙ 14y agoToni Morrison
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