Margaret Widdemer facts for kids

Margaret Widdemer (born September 30, 1884 – died July 14, 1978) was an American writer. She wrote many poems and novels. In 1919, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poems called The Old Road to Paradise. She shared this award with another famous poet, Carl Sandburg.

Biography

Margaret Widdemer was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Asbury Park, New Jersey, where her father was a minister. She studied at the Drexel Institute Library School and finished in 1909.

She first became well-known because of her poem The Factories. This poem talked about child labor, which is when children are made to work instead of going to school or playing.

In 1919, she married Robert Haven Schauffler. He was also a writer and a musician who played the cello. He wrote many books about poetry, travel, and music.

Margaret Widdemer wrote a book about her life called Golden Years I Had. In this book, she shared stories about her friendships with other famous writers. Some of these writers included Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and T. S. Eliot.

Margaret Widdemer passed away in New York City in 1978.

Works

Poetry collections

• The Factories, With Other Lyrics (1915)
• The Old Road to Paradise (1918)
• Cross Currents (1921)
• Little Girl and Boy Land (1924)
• Ballads and Lyrics (1925)
• Collected Poems (1928)
• The Road to Downderry (1931)
• Hill Garden (1937)
• Dark Cavalier (1958)

Children's fiction

• Winona of the Camp Fire (1915)
• Winona of Camp Karonya (1917)
• You're Only Young Once (1918)
• Winona's War Farm (1918)
• Winona's Way (1919)
• Winona on her Own (1922)
• Winona's Dreams Come True (1923)
• Binkie and the Bell Dolls (1923)
• Marcia's Farmhouse (1939)

On writing

• Do You Want to Write? (1937)
• Basic Principles of Fiction Writing (1953)

Memoir

• Golden Friends I Had (1964)
• Summers at the Colony (1964)
• Jessie Rittenhouse: A Centenary Memoir-Anthology (1969)

Adult fiction

• The Rose-Garden Husband (1915) – This book was made into a movie in 1917 called A Wife on Trial.
• Why Not? (1916) – This book was made into a movie in 1918 called A Dream Lady.
• The Wishing Ring Man (1919) – This book was also made into a movie called The Wishing Ring Man.
• The Boardwalk (1919)
• I’ve Married Marjorie (1920)
• The Boardwalk (1920)
• The Year of Delight (1921)
• A Minister of Grace (1922)
• Graven Image (1923)
• Charis Sees It Through (1924)
• Gallant Lady (1926)
• More Than Wife (1927)
• Loyal Lover (1929)
• Rhinestones (1929)
• All the King's Horses (1930)
• The Truth About Lovers (1931)
• The Pre-War Lady (1932)
• The Years of Love (1933)
• Golden Rain (1933)
• The Other Lovers (1934)
• Eve's Orchard (1935)
• Back to Virtue, Betty (1935)
• Songs for a Christmas Tree (1935)
• This Isn't the End (1936)
• The Singing Wood (1936)
• Marriage is Possible (1936)
• Ladies Go Masked (1939)
• Hand on Her Shoulder (1939)
• She Knew Three Brothers (1939)
• Someday I'll Find You (1940)
• Lover's Alibi (1941)
• Angela Comes Home (1942)
• Constancia Herself (1945)
• Let Me Have Wings (1945)
• Lani (1949)
• Red Cloak Flying (1950)
• Lady of the Mohawks (1951)
• The Great Pine's Son (1954)
• The Golden Wildcat (1957)
• Buckskin Baronet (1960)
• The Red Castle Women (1968)

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See also

In Spanish: Margaret Widdemer para niños