About Lillian Morrison
Lived 1917 – 2014 (aged 96). Lillian Morrison was an American librarian.
Lillian Morrison (October 27, 1917 – January 27, 2014) was an American poet, author, and librarian. Morrison was particularly noted for her works aimed at children and featuring sports or athletic endeavors; of her childhood, she remarked, "Mine was a city childhood and our playground was the street. We jumped rope, roller-skated, played almost every kind of ball game….stoop ball, stick ball…" She graduated from Douglass College in 1938, where she majored in math, and from Columbia University in 1942 where she earned a library science degree. Morrison's collection, now housed at the University of Southern Mississippi, encompasses at least ten books, including such poetry collections as The Sidewalk Racer, and Other Poems of Sports and Motion and Sprints and Distances; Sports in Poetry and Poetry in Sports (1965).
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Who was Lillian Morrison?
American poet
When was Lillian Morrison born?
Lillian Morrison was born on 27 October 1917 in Jersey City.
When did Lillian Morrison die?
Lillian Morrison died on 27 January 2014 in New York City.
What was Lillian Morrison's occupation?
Lillian Morrison was a librarian.
What nationality was Lillian Morrison?
Lillian Morrison was American.
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