Elizabeth Searle Lamb (January 22, 1917 – February 16, 2015) was an American poet. She is known for writing English-language haiku. Raymond Roseliep called her the "First Lady of American haiku".[1] Her work has been translated into other languages.
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Born | (1917-01-22)January 22, 1917 Topeka, Kansas |
Died | February 16, 2015(2015-02-16) (aged 98) Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Kansas |
She was born in Topeka, Kansas.[2] She attended the University of Kansas and studied music and, in particular, she played the harp. She married F. Bruce Lamb in Trinidad in 1941.[3] They lived in several places in South America due to her husband's job as a forester. They moved to New York in 1961.[4]
She served as President of the Haiku Society of America in 1971.[5]
She died in 2015 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
She was the honorary curator for the American Haiku Archives in the California State Library in Sacramento from 1996 to 1998.[2]
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