Krauss, Ruth

Ruth Krauss was born in 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland . She attended several universities and institutes. She received her bachelor's degree from the Parsons School of Fine and Applied Arts . In 1940, she married David Leisk (known as Crockett Johnson ). From 1944 until 1979, Krauss published many children's works, some of which she illustrated herself. Other children's books were collaborations with her husband, usually employing Krauss's text and Johnson's illustrations. Krauss's career as a writer of adult poetry began in the late 1950s, with publications spanning 1965-1977. Many of these adult poems were experimental theatrical poems, many of which were performed in New York, New Haven, and Boston. Krauss died in 1993.

From the guide to the Ruth Krauss Papers., undated, 1929-1992., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.)

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