Gwendolyn: The First American Writer

Therefore, Gwendolyn began writing at the age of 13, in the magazine. Her parents were good supporters at the time. By the age of 16, she wrote 75 published poems. She wrote free verse with many different rhythms. When she got older, she won many awards like: Poetry
Magazines, Midwestern Writers, and many more. She was mainly recognized as the first African
American women to win the Pulitzer Prize. Years later, she followed her mom footsteps and began to teach creative writing, which she was very good at. A few years after, in Chicago,
Illinois on December 3, 2000, Gwendolyn