Norma Farber

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Norma Holzmann Farber (6 August 1909 - 21 March 1984) was an American children's book writer and poet. The Poetry Society of America presents an annual award in Farber's honor; it is presented for a first book of original poetry written by an American.

Farber authored six books of poems and 18 children's books. Her poetry was first published in the 1940s, and she was still active in writing until her death from vascular disease in 1984.

She was born in Boston and earned degrees from Wellesley and Radcliffe Colleges. She married Dr. Sidney Farber, the founder of the Children's Cancer Research Foundation (now the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) in Boston. According to her obituary published in the New York Times, she was also a classical soprano and won Belgium's Premier Prix in singing.

[edit] Works

• Small Wonders, 1979