Oppen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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George Oppen
George Oppen (April 24, 1908 – July 7, 1984) was an American poet, best known as one of the members of the Objectivist group of poets. He abandoned poetry in the 1930s for political activism and moved to Mexico in 1950 to avoid the attentions o ...
(1908–1984), was an American poet.
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Mary Oppen
Mary Oppen (November 28, 1908 – May 14, 1990), was an American activist, artist, photographer, poet and writer. She published an autobiography, ''Meaning a Life'' (1978), and a book of verse, ''Poems and Transpositions'' (1980).
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(1908–1990), American activist, artist, photographer, poet and writer.
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Carl Lauritz Mechelborg Oppen (1830–1914), Norwegian jurist and politician.
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Edward A. Oppen, creator of one of the first stamp catalogues in English.
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