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Anne Halley

1928 – 2004

German-born American writer

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Lived 1928 – 2004 (aged 75). Anne Halley was a writer and poet.

Marianne Halley Chametzky (November 9, 1928 – July 12, 2004), known professionally as Anne Halley, was a German-born American poet, editor, translator, and educator.

Life Ute Marianne Elisabeth Halle was born in Bremerhaven, Germany, on November 9, 1928. Her parents, Max Halle and Margarethe Kohlhepp, were both doctors.

Halley published three collections of poetry: Between Wars & Other Poems (1965), which was originally published by noted sculptor and artist Leonard Baskin through his Gehenna Press in Northampton, MA, then by Oxford University Press in 1965 where it won an Oxford Summer Poetry Book Prize. "Between Wars" was then reissued by the University of Massachusetts Press. With UMass Press, she also published The Bearded Mother (1979) and Rumors of the Turning Wheel (2003), the former also being designed and illustrated by Baskin. Her poetry has been published in various outlets, “My Two Grandfathers” appeared in Saul Bellow’s The Noble Savage, and “The Village Hears that Gold is Unstable” in The New Republic.

Published books

Between Wars & Other Poems (University of Massachusetts Press, 1965) The Bearded Mother (University of Massachusetts Press, 1979) Rumors of the Turning Wheel (University of Massachusetts Press, 2003)

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Marianne Halley Chametzky, Ute Marianne Elisabeth Halle

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Anne Halley?

German-born American writer (1928-2004)

When was Anne Halley born?

Anne Halley was born on 9 November 1928.

When did Anne Halley die?

Anne Halley died on 12 July 2004.

What was Anne Halley's occupation?

Anne Halley was a writer and poet.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Anne Halley

· Wikidata: Q99300052

· DBpedia: Anne Halley

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