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Annie Allen
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AuthorGwendolyn Brooks
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
PublisherHarper & Brothers
Publication date
October 1, 1949
Publication placeUnited States
Pages60
OCLC966612

Annie Allen is a book of poetry by American author Gwendolyn Brooks that was published by Harper & Brothers in 1949. The book tells in poetry about the life of Annie Allen, an African-American girl growing to adulthood. It received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950[1] and made Brooks the first African American to ever receive a Pulitzer Prize.[2]

  1. ^ Andrews, William L.; Smith Foster, Frances; Harris, Trudier, eds. (2002). "Annie Allen". The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195138832.001.0001. ISBN 9780195138832.
  2. ^ Watkins, Mel (December 4, 2000). "Gwendolyn Brooks, Whose Poetry Told of Being Black in America, Dies at 83". The New York Times.

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