[DOC] [TLE] Gwendolyn Brooks - Poetry Foundation [PAR] Brooks was thirteen when her first published poem, "Eventide," appeared in ... 
blacks, that would be published in her first collection, A Street in Bronzeville. .... in 
her state through the Illinois Poets Laureate Awards and Significant Illinois Poets 
Awards programs. .... Poetry, December, 1945; Volume 126, 1950; March, 1964. [DOC] [TLE] Gwendolyn Brooks - Wikipedia [PAR] Notable works, A Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen, Winnie. Notable awards, 
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1950) Robert Frost Medal (1989). Spouse, Henry 
Lowington Blakely, Jr. (m. 1939). Children, Henry Blakely, III, and Nora Blakely. 
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917  December 3, 2000) was an 
American poet and ... Brooks' published her first book of poetry, A Street in 
Bronzeville (1945), with... [DOC] [TLE] Gwendolyn Brooks [PAR] Jul 18, 2007 ... It was "A Street in Bronzeville," her first poetry anthology, that attracted the 
attention of the literary establishment in 1945. ... In 1949, she published her 
second volume of verse, "Annie Allen," a portrait of a Bronzeville girl as a 
daughter, .... In 1968, she succeeded Carl Sandburg as poet laureate of Illinois. [DOC] [TLE] 01.11.01 - Personal papers of Pulitzer-winning poet Gwendolyn ... [PAR] Jan 11, 2001 ... Robert Hass, a former U.S. poet laureate and a professor of English at UC 
Berkeley, ... a collection of poetry about South Africa, and other volumes of poetry 
that included ... Her first book of poetry, "A Street in Bronzeville," was published in 
1945 and told ... Illinois named her the state poet laureate in 1968. [DOC] [TLE] 10 Chicago Writers | Britannica.com [PAR] With the success of this novel and her later writings, Cisneros was able to travel 
... work, she published her first collection of poems, A Street in Bronzeville (1945), 
... a citizen of Chicago and continued to author countless volumes of poetry as ... 
the Library of Congress consultant in poetry and the first poet laureate of Illinois. [DOC] [TLE] Gwendolyn Brooks | American poet and educator | Britannica.com [PAR] Her first published collection, A Street in Bronzeville (1945), reveals her talent for 
... Her Selected Poems (1963) was followed in 1968 by In the Mecca, half of 
which is a ... She was Gwendolyn Brooks, poet laureate of Illinois and the first 
African American ... His many volumes include such works as A Christmas Carol, 
David... [DOC] [TLE] Gwendolyn Brooks: The Emerging Poetic Voice - JStor [PAR] Philip A. Greasley. Gwendolyn Brooks, born in 1917, Chicago poet and novelist, 
Poet. Laureate of Illinois, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry award winner, Guggenheim ... 
great fame since her first volume of poetry, A Street in Bronzeville, was published 
in 1945. ... "Gay Chaps at the Bar," in A Street in Bronzeville, published in 1945. [DOC] [TLE] Gwendolyn Brooks - Biography in Context - Gale [PAR] Her first published poem, "Eventide," appeared in American Childhood when 
Brooks ... A Street in Bronzeville thus appeared in 1945 to enthusiastic critical 
reception. .... Brooks returned to poetry with her 1956 volume, Bronzeville Boys 
and Girls, .... also served as Poet Laureate of Illinois since 1968, endowing 
literary prizes... [DOC] [TLE] Gwen Brooks Bio - ChickenBones [PAR] When her A Street in Bronzeville, was published in 1945, it attracted ... Her 
second volume of verse, Annie Allen (Harper, 1949), firmly established ... Her first 
teaching job was a poetry workshop at Columbia College (Chicago) in 1963. .... 
various poetry awards, including the Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, an annual 
events... [DOC] [TLE] American Literature Web Resources: Gwendolyn Brooks [PAR] 1945 Brooks publishes her first anthology of poetry, A Street in Bronzeville 1949 
Publishes her second volume of verse, Annie Allen 1950 First African American 
poet ... 1967 Decides to promote black publishing houses 1968 Brooks 
succeeded Carl Sandburg as the poet laureate of Illinois 1969

Question: In 1945 this poet laureate of Illinois published her first volume of poetry, "A Street In Bronzeville"
Answer: Gwendolyn Brooks