Gene Derwood (1909–1954) was an American poet, painter and wife of the poet and
anthologist
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Oscar Williams.
Life
The couple lived in a penthouse of an office building at 35 Water Street,
Lower Manhattan
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.
The
Lilly Library
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of
Indiana University
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Campuses
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holds a collection of her letters.
Harvard University
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also holds archival material.
Works
"After reading St. John the Divine" ''Nox Oculi''
''L'Ecritoire'', August 27, 2005
* ''The Poems of Gene Derwood'', Clarke and Way, 1955.
References
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1909 births
1954 deaths
American women poets
20th-century American poets
20th-century American women writers