Won yan bi Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985.IgbesiayeIgba eweGwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks je bibi ni June 7, 1917, ni Topeka, Kansas fun David Anderson Brooks ati Keziah Wims, o je akobi.. 
Fundi eyi, ninu osu keji odun 2004, ajo INEC pe ipade awon olori olori ninu egbe naa yato si awon adari mejeji yi, lati ba won pana tii to wa ninu egbe naa amo ti ìpètù ṣaáwọ̀ naa si forí ṣánpọ́n.. 