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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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By inviting two generations of readers into her world of words, Eve Merriam has greatly enriched children's poetry." According to Eve Merriam, the choice to be a poet was not her own. From her earliest years, the rhythmic, rhyming nature of poetry impassioned her so much….
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.
Apr 13, 1992 · Eve Merriam, an award-winning poet, playwright and author of more than 50 books for adults and children, died on Saturday at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan. She was 75...
Apr 14, 1992 · Eve Merriam, whose award-winning poems and plays ran the gamut from pixieish verse to fierce feminism, is dead at 75. The Associated Press reported Monday that the author of more than 50 books...
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