Jennie Harris Oliver
Jennie Harris Oliver was born March 18, 1864, in Lowell, Michigan. She was the poet laureate of Oklahoma from 1940 to her death in 1942.[1] Her poems appeared in nationally-circulated magazines such as Woman's World and Good Housekeeping, and her book of stories, Mokey, was turned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer into a film starring Donna Reed, Robert Blake, and Billie Thomas in 1942.[2] Oliver was extremely popular among Oklahoma writers and attracted many fellow authors to visit her at her home.[3] She died in Oklahoma City on June 3, 1942.
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References
- ^ The Oklahoma poets laureate : a sourcebook, history, and anthology. Holliday, Shawn, 1969-, Barnes, Jim., Brown, Nathan L. (Nathan Lee), 1965-, Davis, Delbert Hugh., Fry, Maggie Culver, 1900-1998., Hamilton, Carol. (First edition ed.). Norman, Oklahoma. ISBN 9780990320432. OCLC 905700998.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help)CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Holliday, Shawn (2015). The Oklahoma Poets Laureate. Norman, OK: Mongrel Empire Press. p. 52. ISBN 9780990320432.
- ^ Wilson, Linda (2018-10-26). "Jeannie Harris Oliver". Oklahoma Historical Society.
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