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Eve Merriam (July 19, 1916 – April 11, 1992) was an American poet and writer. Writing career. Merriam's first book was the 1946 Family Circle, which won the Yale Younger Poets Prize. [1] . In 1956, she published Emma Lazarus: Woman with a Torch. [2] .
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She began writing her own poems when she was seven or eight years old and later contributed poems to her high school magazine and weekly newspaper. After earning a BA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937, Merriam moved to New York to pursue graduate studies at Columbia University.
Eve Merriam was a poet, playwright, director, and lecturer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 19, 1916, she attended Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin, Columbia University, and has has taught and lectured at many other institutions.
Eve Merriam was an accomplished poet and playwright, best known for her books of children’s poetry that are beloved by audiences of all ages. Her life and career centered around New York, where she used her keen critical eye and unique tactile style to create poems and plays about urban life, social justice, feminism, and more.
Best known for her many exuberant and language-loving books for children, Eve Merriam was primarily a poet. She was also a successful playwright, and well before the emergence of the contemporary women's movement, a feminist who wrote, often bitingly, about the relations between women and men.
Eve Merriam was a poet, playwright, director, and lecturer. She attended Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin, Columbia University, and taught and lectured at many other institutions.
A lover of the sound of poetry from her earliest childhood, Eve Merriam (born Eva Moskovitz) began writing poems at the age of seven and published her first works in high school. After...