News From Illinois where Award-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks gave “a great gift” to Illinois, and on the eve of what would have been her 86th birthday, she was honored in return: The state library was named for her.
Officials formally named the building on Friday the Gwendolyn Brooks Illinois State Library.
“Her poetry was unquestionably a great gift to Illinois and our country,” Gov. Rod Blagojevich said.
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