Elizabeth Searle Lamb

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Elizabeth S. Lamb
Born(1917-01-22)January 22, 1917
Topeka, Kansas
DiedFebruary 16, 2015(2015-02-16) (aged 98)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Kansas

Elizabeth Searle Lamb (January 22, 1917 – February 16, 2015) was an American poet. She is known for writing English-language haiku. Raymond Roseliep called her the "First Lady of American haiku".[1] Her work has been translated into other languages.

Biography[]

She was born in Topeka, Kansas.[2] She attended the University of Kansas and studied music and, in particular, she played the harp. She married F. Bruce Lamb in Trinidad in 1941.[3] They lived in several places in South America due to her husband's job as a forester. They moved to New York in 1961.[4]

She served as President of the Haiku Society of America in 1971.[5]

She passed away in 2015 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Honors and awards[]

She was the honorary curator for the American Haiku Archives in the California State Library in Sacramento from 1996 to 1998.[2]

Bibliography[]

  • The pelican tree, and other Panama adventures, 1953
  • Today and every day, 1970
  • 39 Blossoms, 1982
  • Across the windharp: collected and new haiku, 1999

References[]

  1. ^ "The Living Haiku Anthology - Lamb, Elizabeth Searle". livinghaikuanthology.com.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "American Haiku Archives Honorary Curator Elizabeth Searle Lamb". americanhaikuarchives.org. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. ^ Trumbull, Charles. "Elizabeth Searle Lamb—New Mexico Haiku Poet" (PDF). Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. ^ Kussart, Natalie. "Elizabeth Searle Lamb's Haiku". www.brooksbookshaiku.com. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Lamb, Elizabeth Searle - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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