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Norma Holzman Farber (6 August 1909 – 21 March 1984) was an American children's book writer and poet. The Poetry Society of America presents the Norma Farber First Book Award, which is awarded for a first book of original poetry written by an American.


Life

She was born in
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in 1909, daughter of G. Augustus and Augusta Schon Holzman. She attended Girls' Latin School. She earned degrees from
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, and
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. On 3 July 1928, she married
Sidney Farber Sidney Farber (September 30, 1903 – March 30, 1973) was an American pediatric pathologist at Boston Children's Hospital. He is regarded as the father of modern chemotherapy for his work using folic acid antagonists to combat leukemia, which l ...
, (died 1973) the founder of the Children's Cancer Research Foundation (now the
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) in Boston. According to her obituary published in the ''
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'', she was also a classical soprano. Farber was sister-in-law to noted philosopher Marvin Farber, faculty at the
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. 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 survived by four children.


Awards

* Belgium's Premier Prix in singing in 1936 * Golden Rose Award * ''As I Was Crossing Boston Common,'' was nominated for a National Book Award in 1975


Works


Poetry

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Juvenile poetry

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Juvenile fiction

* first printing 1973 *


Anthology

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Farber, Norma 1909 births 1984 deaths American children's writers 20th-century American poets Wellesley College alumni Radcliffe College alumni Writers from Boston American women poets American women children's writers 20th-century American women writers