Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) je olukowe omo orile-ede Amerika. Won yan bi Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985. Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks je bibi ni June 7, 1917, ni Topeka, Kansas fun David Anderson Brooks ati Keziah Wims, o je akobi. Iya re je oluko tele ki o to fi se sile lati setoju awon omo re, baba re, to je omo eru to ja ninu Ogun Abele, je asona nitoripe ko ni owo lati losi ile-eko onisegun lati di dokita. Nigbati Brooks di omo ose mefa, won ko lo si Chicago, Illinois, nibi to ti dagba. "Poet Laureate Timeline: 1981-1990". Library of Congress. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-19.