Mary Sachs (1882–1973) was an American playwright and poet.

Biography

Mary Sachs was born Mary Parmly Koues on October 26, 1882. She graduated from

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in 1912, where she was a member of

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society. Sachs published her first play, ''The Twelfth Disciple'', about

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. The play was performed on Broadway. She subsequently composed poetry. Her poetry collection entitled ''Echoes'', which included poems she wrote between 1898 and 1966, was published in 1967. Sachs supported

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. She was a charter member of the

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. Sachs married Ernest Sachs, a neurosurgeon and the grandson of

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's founder, in 1913 They had a daughter and two sons: Mary Parmly Sachs, Thomas Dudley Sachs and Ernest Sachs Jr. They resided in Hanover, New Hampshire. She became a widow in 1958. Sachs died on December 24, 1973, in Hanover, New Hampshire. She was 91 years old.

References

1882 births 1973 deaths Writers from Hanover, New Hampshire Smith College alumni 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American women poets American women dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American poets 20th-century American women writers {{US-poet-1880s-stub