Eve Merriam (1916–1992)
Autor de 12 Ways to Get to 11
Sobre El Autor
Eve Merriam (July 19, 1916 - April 11, 1992) was an American poet and writer. Her first book was entitled, Family Circle. She was born as Eva Moskovitz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After graduating with an A.B. from the Cornell University in 1937, Merriam moved to New York to pursue graduate mostrar más studies at Columbia University. Her book, The Inner City Mother Goose, was described as one of the most banned books of the time. It inspired a 1971 Broadway musical called Inner City and a 1982 musical production called Street Dreams. Merriam won an Obie Award from the Village Voice in 1976 for her play, The Club. In 1981 she won the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Merriam died on April 11, 1992, in Manhattan, NY from liver cancer. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras de Eve Merriam
Out of Our Fathers' House: Based on Eve Merriam's "Growing up Female in America: Ten Lives" (1975) 11 copias
Ben Franklin 6 copias
Small Fry 4 copias
Male and Female Under 18: Frank Comments from Young People About Their Sex Roles Today (1973) — Editor — 2 copias
Weather 1 copia
The Clock Ticks 1 copia
Variety 1 copia
Story of Ben Frankiln, The 1 copia
The Stray Cat 1 copia
The Matriarchal Myth 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Never Take a Pig to Lunch and Other Poems About the Fun of Eating (1994) — Contribuidor — 296 copias
Firsts: 100 Years of Yale Younger Poets (Yale Series of Younger Poets) (2019) — Contribuidor — 12 copias
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 11, July 1977 — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Mainstream : volume 1 number 4 Fall 1947 — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Words Among America: Sixty Poems of Challenge and Hope — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Eva Moskovitz
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1916-07-19
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1992-04-11
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- New York, New York, USA
- Educación
- Cornell University
University of Pennsylvania - Ocupaciones
- poet
playwright
lecturer
children's book author
teacher
feminist - Relaciones
- Lewin, Leonard C. (husband|divorced)
Lerner, Gerda (co-writer)
Salt, Waldo (husband)
Salt, Jennifer (stepdaughter) - Organizaciones
- City College of New York
- Premios y honores
- Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children - NCTE (1981)
Obie Award (Playwriting, 1977) - Biografía breve
- Eva Moskowitz was born to Russian Jewish immigrants in Philadelphia who ran a small chain of women's dress shops. As a child, she began writing poems and was deeply impressed by the Gilbert & Sullivan musicals her parents took her and her siblings to see. She contributed poems to her high school magazine and weekly newspaper. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937, she moved to New York City for graduate study at Columbia University but then went to work writing for radio. She chose the pen name Merriam from the famous dictionary. She became fashion copy editor for Glamour magazine and a freelance writer. Her first collection of adult poetry, Family Circle (1946) won the Yale Younger Poets Prize. In addition to her adult poetry, she also wrote picture books and many poetry books for children. In 1951, she and historian Gerda Lerner wrote a musical revue, "Singing of Women." Eve Merriam's controversial book Inner City Mother Goose (1969) inspired two musicals. She published more than 40 books in her career and articles on a wide variety of subjects in publications such The New York Times, Newsweek, and The New Republic. She married four times and had two sons and a stepdaughter.
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- Popularidad
- #7,227
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
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- ISBNs
- 141
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Originally published in 1987 as Halloween ABC, and then reprinted in a slightly revised format in 2002 as Spooky ABC—the text of the two titles is identical, with an afterword being added to the revised edition, as well as a somewhat different visual presentation of the artwork, now on colorful rather than cream backgrounds—this picture book is definitely on the scarier end, when it comes to seasonal fare for Halloween. According to the afterward in Spooky ABC (although it was Halloween ABC I checked out of my local library, I ended up reading both editions, accessing Spooky ABC via the Internet Archive), Lane Smith's artwork here came first, and was paired with Eve Merriam's poems after the fact, necessitating the changing of some of the paintings. As the afterword contained some of the artwork that was rejected from the initial title, I think on the whole I recommend seeking out Spooky ABC, even though I myself started with Halloween ABC. Leaving that aside, this was a very satisfying collection of poems for the season, sure to give readers and listeners a chill. I would recommend it for slightly older audiences, than would normally consume a picture book of this level, given the themes explored. Perhaps six or seven and above? As for me, I am already a Lane Smith admirer, but will definitely try to seek out more poetry from Eve Merriam.… (más)