Gene Derwood

Gene Derwood (1909–1954) was an American poet, painter and wife of the poet and anthologist Oscar Williams.

Life

The couple lived in a penthouse of an office building at 35 Water Street, Lower Manhattan.[1][2]

The Lilly Library of Indiana University holds a collection of her letters.[3] Harvard University also holds archival material.[4]

Works

• "After reading St. John the Divine", Nox Oculi Archived 2011-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
• "Elegy on Gordon Barber" (poem), L'Ecritoire, August 27, 2005
• The Poems of Gene Derwood, Clarke and Way, 1955.

References

1. Richard Kostelanetz (2003). Soho: The Rise and Fall of an Artists' Colony. Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-415-96572-9.
2. Strephon Kaplan-Williams (son). "The Life and Death of Gene Derwood". Archived from the original on June 26, 2007.
3. Derwood mss., 1937–1956
4. "Derwood, Gene, 1909–1954. Compositions: Guide". Archived from the original on 2006-09-01. Retrieved 2007-04-01.