In the last year, GORDON PARKS has written a ballet, has won two awards, has had his 1969 film, ''The Learning Tree,'' selected for the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress and has a major retrospective of his photographs touring Europe. He is talking with the Soviets about making a movie there and is writing his 14th book.
Mr. Parks, 77 years old, will pick up another honor when the International Center of Photography gives him its Lifetime Achievement Award on April 23. ''I.C.P. serves a purpose for people struggling in the field,'' he said.
Mr. Parks's career began in 1942 with the Farm Security Administration. He did fashion photography for Vogue and Glamour and went to Life magazine in 1948, staying there for 24 years. He is negotiating to do a film on Pushkin in the Soviet Union and is writing ''Voices in the Mirror,'' an autobiography, for Doubleday.
This spring, Mr. Parks, who didn't graduate from high school, will pick up his 24th honorary doctorate.