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Eve Merriam (July 19, 1916 – April 11, 1992) was an American poet and writer.
Writing career [ edit ]
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] Her book, The Inner City Mother Goose (1969), was described as one of the most banned books of the time.[3] It inspired a 1971 Broadway musical called Inner City , later revived in 1982 under the title Street Dreams .[3] [4] [5]
In 1981, she won the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.[3] 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]
In 1977, composer Patsy Rogers used Merriam’s text for her opera Woman Alive: Conversation Against Death .[8] The play Out of Our Father's House , adapted by Merriam, Jack Hofsiss and Paula Wagner from Merriam's book Growing Up Female in America , with music by Ruth Crawford Seeger , was televised on the Great Performances series in 1978.[9] [10]
Personal life [ edit ]
Born Eva Moskovitz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Eve Merriam was one of four children of Russian Jewish immigrants Max Moscovitz and Jennie Siegel.[6] [11] [12] After graduating with an A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937,[6] 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.
Merriam died on April 11, 1992, in Manhattan from liver cancer .
References [ edit ]
Core biographical material [ edit ]
"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. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1985.
In other works [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine , Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
Additional papers, 1960-1984 (inclusive), 1978-1984 (bulk): A Finding Aid. Schlesinger Library Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine , Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
Additional papers of Eve Merriam, ca.1930-1992: A Finding Aid. Schlesinger Library Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine , Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
Audiovisual collection of Eve Merriam, 1964-1992: A Finding Aid. Schlesinger Library Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine , Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
^ Merriam, Eve (1956). Emma Lazarus: Woman with a Torch . New York: Citadel Press. LCCN 56-10276 .
^ a b c
Biography of Eve Merriam at the Academy of American Poets , poets.org. Accessed November 6, 2022.
^ Michel, Dee (March 15, 2011). "My Memories of Inner City" . Masterworks Broadway . Retrieved October 15, 2018 .
^ "Eve Merriam" . Masterworks Broadway . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
^ a b c "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 .
^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers . Books & Music (USA). p. 596. ISBN 978-0-9617485-0-0 .
^ Gardella, Kay (August 2, 1978). "Television: Documentaries on Trial". New York Daily News . p. 103. ProQuest 2313368748 . Recommended tonight: 'Out of Our Father's House,' an unusual and timely production for 'Great Performances,' 9 to 10 p.m., based on Eve Merriam's book, 'Growing Up Female in America.'
^ Wagner, Paula; Hofsiss, Jack'; Merriam, Eve (1975). Out of Our Father's House . New York: Samuel French. ISBN 0-573-63326-6 .
^ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K9K-4P3N : 10 February 2023), Eva Moskovitz, .
^ "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF1C-Z9C : Fri Oct 06 21:31:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Max Moskovitz and Jennie Moskovitz, 1920.
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