Miriam Patchen
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Miriam Patchen (1914-2000) was the wife and muse of poet and painter Kenneth Patchen, who dedicated each of his more than 40 works "To Miriam". After his death, she an activist advocating peace and poetry.
She was born Miriam Oikemus in Waverly, Massachusetts on 28 September 1914 and died in Palo Alto, California on 6 March 2000.
[edit] External links
- Obituary in The Independent (UK) by Marcus Williamson
- Kenneth Patchen Home Page