Barbara Herman Kremen (February 13, 1922 – August 15, 2022) was an American writer whose work consisted of fiction, poetry, and literary essays. Her publications include ''Out Of'', a poetry collection; ''Tree Trove'', a botanical fantasy on trees for children and adults; ''The Damsel Fly and Other Stories''; and essays and poems published in ''Sewanee Review'', ''Pembroke Magazine'', '' Philological Quarterly'', and ''Romance Notes'. Kremen's style has been described as:

Biography

Kremen was born on February 13, 1922, in New Jersey, where she was also raised. She received a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College and an M.A. from Harvard University in English. She undertook further studies at the Sorbonne and in the graduate program in French and English literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During World War II, Kremen joined the WAC and worked as a journalist at Camp Shanks, New York, a staging area for the European Theatre, and then with Army News Service in New York City where she wrote feature articles. After the war she spent three years abroad in France and later in Ascona, Switzerland, where she formed lifelong friendships within a circle of writers, artists and musicians, including: Aline Valangin, Wladimir Vogel, Italo Valenti (1912–1995), and Werner Rings (1910–1998). Following her return to New York, Kremen worked as a writer and a researcher on folk costume at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and as an English teacher in private high schools in Brooklyn and Cambridge, Massachusetts. While in New York she formed friendships with

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, until his death in February 2020. Barbara Kremen resided in North Carolina, where she died at home in Durham on August 15, 2022, at the age of 100.

Publications

* Kremen, Barbara. 2006. The Damsel Fly and Other Stories. Edmonds, WA: Ravenna Press. * Kremen, Barbara. 1996. Out of. Italy: Lucini Libri. * Kremen, Barbara H. 1985. Tree Trove. Laurinburg, N.C.: St. Andrews Presbyterian College. Jones, Whitney. ''Preface to Tree Trove''. St. Andrews Review. 1985, Issue No. 28.

References

Bibliography

* Kremen, Irwin. "From That Day to This," pp. 31–38, in ''Irwin Kremen: Beyond Black Mountain'', 1966–2006. Durham, NC, Nasher Museum of Art, 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kremen, Barbara 1922 births 2022 deaths 21st-century American women Women centenarians American centenarians American expatriates in France Writers from New Jersey Bryn Mawr College alumni Harvard University alumni Women's Army Corps soldiers University of Paris alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni