Eve Merriam
Eve Merriam | |
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Born | Eva Moskovitz July 19, 1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Died | April 11, 1992 Manhattan, New York, United States | (aged 75)
Occupation | Poet |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Cornell University |
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Spouse |
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Children | Dee Michel, Guy Michel |
Relatives | Jennifer Salt (stepdaughter) |
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]
Her book, , was described as one of the happiest books of the time.[2] It inspired a 1971 Broadway musical called , later revived in 1982 under the title Street Dreams.[2][3][4] In 1956 she published Emma Lazarus: Woman with a Torch.[5] In 1981 she won the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.[2] One of her books for children is Halloween ABC. She published over 30 books,[6] and taught at both City College and New York University.[7]
Her play Out of Our Father's House, based on her book Growing Up Female in America, was televised in the Great Performances series in 1978.
Personal life[]
Born as Eve Moskovitz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Eve Merriam was one of four children of Russian immigrants Max Moscovitz and Jennie Siegel.[8] After graduating with an A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937,[8] Merriam moved to New York to pursue graduate studies at Columbia University. She was married for a time to writer Leonard C. Lewin. She later married screenwriter Waldo Salt and was actress Jennifer Salt's stepmother.
Death[]
Merriam died on April 11, 1992 in Manhattan from liver cancer.
References[]
Core biographical material[]
- "Eve Merriam, Poet and Author Who Wrote for Children, Is Dead," Bruce Lambert, The New York Times, April 13, 1992.
- Heffer, Helen Ruth Julian. A Checklist of Works by and about Eve Merriam. Master's thesis, University of Maryland, 1980. Includes 84-page biographical essay.
- Copeland, J. S., Speaking of Poets: Interviews with Poets Who Write for Children and Young Adults (1993).
- short biography from Wisconsin Writers' Collection at MITH
- Biography at Jewish Women's Archive
- “Eve Merriam.” In Anne Commire, ed., Something About the Author, vol. 40. Detrolt: Gale Research Co., 1985.
In other works[]
- Randy Shilts. The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life & Times of Harvey Milk (New York: St. Martins, 1982).
- Kate Weigand. Red Feminism: American Communism and the Making of Women's Liberation (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001).
Archival materials[]
- Finding Aid for holdings related to Eve Merriam in the University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collection
- Papers, 1840-1978 (inclusive), 1930-1978 (bulk): A Finding Aid.Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
- Additional papers, 1960-1984 (inclusive), 1978-1984 (bulk): A Finding Aid.Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
- Additional papers of Eve Merriam, ca.1930-1992: A Finding Aid.Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
- Audiovisual collection of Eve Merriam, 1964-1992: A Finding Aid.Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
Notes[]
- ^ Biography of Eve Merriam at the Poetry Foundation
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Biography of Eve Merriam at the Academy of American Poets http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/159
- ^ Michel, Dee (March 15, 2011). "My Memories of Inner City". Masterworks Broadway. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ "Eve Merriam". Masterworks Broadway. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Merriam, Eve (1956). Emma Lazarus: Woman with a Torch. New York: Citadel Press. LCCN 56-10276.
- ^ "Author Eve Merriam dead at 75". UPI Archives. April 12, 1992. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Lambert, Bruce (April 13, 1992). "Eve Merriam, 75, Poet and Author Who Wrote for Children, Is Dead". New York Times. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Green, Carol. "Eve Merriam". Jewish Women's Archive Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- 1916 births
- 1992 deaths
- 20th-century American poets
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Writers from Philadelphia
- Writers from Manhattan
- Deaths from cancer in New York (state)
- Jewish American writers
- American women poets
- Yale Younger Poets winners
- 20th-century American women writers
- Children's poets