Eve Merriam

Eve Merriam (July 19, 1916 – April 11, 2001) was an American poet and children`s writer.

Personal life
Born as Eva Moskovitz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was married for a time to writer Leonard C. Lewin. She later married screenwriter Waldo Salt and was actress Jennifer Salt's stepmother.

Writing career
Merriam's first book was the 1946 Family Circle, which won the Yale Younger Poets Prize.

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. In 1981 she won the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She published a total of 88 books.

Death
Merriam died on April 11, 1992 in Manhattan from cancer. She was 76 when she died.

Biographical Material

 * Heffer, Helen Ruth Julian. A Checklist of Works by and about Eve Merriam. Master’s thesis, University of Maryland, 1980. Includes 84-page biographcial essay.
 * Copeland, J. S., Speaking of Poets: Interviews with Poets Who Write for Children and Young Adults (1993).
 * Anne Commire, ed. “Eve Merriam.” In Something About the Author, vol. 40. Detrolt: Gale Research Co., 1985.

Archival Materials

 * Finding Aid for holdings related to Eve Merriam in the University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collection
 * Holdings in The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, at Radcliffe. See
 * Finding Aids for papers, additional papers, further papers
 * Finding Aids for audiovisual materials