Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was a noted poet of African-American descent, who won a ‘Pulitzer Prize’ for her 1949 collection of poems ‘Annie Allen’. She was born in the early 20th century in Kansas, USA, but her family moved to Chicago when she was only six weeks old. Not only she spent most of her life in the south, but also identified as an “organic Chicagoan” because living there gave her “a multiplicity of characters to aspire for.” After facing some social injustice due to the color of her skin, she began to write poetry in her early childhood as an outlet to express her innermost thoughts. She had her first poem published at the age of 13. Very soon, she realized that she wanted to become a poet and started working toward that goal. Eventually, her first collection of poems ‘A Street in Bronzeville’ was published when she was around 28. While this book brought her instant acclaim, her next book ‘Annie Allen’ earned her the coveted ‘Pulitzer Prize’ in poetry as well. The prolific writer published many more books in her lifetime, which includes a novella and her biography, for which she earned various awards and honors. Brooks was also a popular teacher, who spent her later years sponsoring workshops and encouraging others to write.