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Archival materials. Notes. External links. 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] .
Eve Merriam. 1916–1992. 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 that being a poet was something of a necessity for her. "I find it difficult to sit still when I hear poetry or read it out loud.
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.
Eve Merriam (19 de julio de 1916 - 11 de abril de 1992) fue una poeta y escritora estadounidense. Carrera de escritor. El primer libro de Merryam fue Family Circle de 1946, que ganó el Premio de Poetas Jóvenes de Yale. En 1956 publicó Emma Lazarus: Mujer con una antorcha.
Broadway musical Inner City , which is partnership, Eve Merriam insists. Poet-. based on a book of her poems, The Inner ry's musical effects of rhyme, rhythm, City Mother Goose. and alliteration, extensions of children's. Ms. Merriam has won numerous own speech, naturally appeal to them. awards for her writing, beginning Children, in like poets ...
Merriam was a poet, playwright, and teacher, who wrote more than 50 books of poetry and prose. She is best-known for her controversial book Inner City Mother Goose, which was adapted into the Broadway musical Inner City.
