Maud Martha: A Novel
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- Synopsis
- Originally published in 1953 and republished in 1993, This is Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Gwendolyn Brooks' only novel. Maud Martha captures the essence of Black life. Gwendolyn Brooks portrays one woman's quest and love for life despite its difficulties. Whether she confronts teenaged love and marriage or the challenges of womanhood and adulthood survival, we come face to face with Maud Martha--recognizing that her beauty and strength reside deep in every one of us. Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) the first Black to win a Pulitzer Prize (1950), was born in Topeka, Kansas, June 7, 1917 and lived in Chicago after the age of one month. She graduated from Chicago's Wilson Junior College and was awarded over seventy honorary degrees. She taught at the University of Wisconsin (Madison), City College of New York, Columbia College of Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University, Elmhurst College, and Chicago State University. In 1968 she became Poet Laureate of Illinois, succeeding the first Poet Laureate, Carl Sandburg. In 1988, she was inducted into the National Women' s Hall of Fame. She published many books, including poetry for adults and children, one novel, writing manuals and an autobiography. In 1985, she became the 29th and final appointment as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She was a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Among her awards are the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, the Shelley Memorial Award, the Anisfield-WolfAward, the Kuumba Liberation Award, two Guggenheim Fellowships, the Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America, a National Book Award nomination for "In the Mecca" and the National Endowment for The Arts Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989. For essays discussing this novel see the book Gwendolyn Brooks' Maud Martha: A Critical Collection edited by Jacqueline Bryant.
- Copyright:
- 1993
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 182 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780883780619
- Publisher:
- Third World Press
- Date of Addition:
- 04/22/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Terry Gorman
- Proofread By:
- Terry Gorman
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.