Gilbert, Marie

Marie Rogers Gilbert was born in 1924 in Florence, S.C. In 1946, she married Richard A. Gilbert, a finance officer for the Air Force. In 1952, as an Air Force reservist, Richard A. Gilbert was called up for duty in the Korean War and served in an account-auditor in Seoul, Korea. The Gilberts had two children, R. Austin Gilbert Jr. and Laurence (Laurie) Gilbert. Marie Gilbert published several collections of poetry. Gilbert was active in the North Carolina Poetry Society, serving as president, 1990-1992. She received numerous awards for her work, including the Sam Ragan Fine Arts Awards in 1994 and the Ethel N. Fortner Writer and Community Award in 2003, and she served as writer-in-residence at Saint Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, N.C., from fall 2000 to spring 2001. Marie Gilbert died in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 2007.

From the description of Marie Gilbert papers, 1944-2009. WorldCat record id: 707103710

Marie Rogers Gilbert was born in 1924 in Florence, S.C. She graduated from Rollins College with a dual major in English and psychology in 1945. In 1946, Gilbert married Richard A. Gilbert, a finance officer for the Air Force. In 1952, as an Air Force Reservist, Richard A. Gilbert was called up for duty in the Korean War and served in an account-auditor in Seoul, Korea. Marie and Richard had two children, R. Austin Gilbert Jr. and Laurence (Laurie) Gilbert.

Marie Gilbert published several collections of poetry, including Myrtle Beach Back When (1989), The Song and the Seed (1983), Connexions (1994), Brookgreen Oaks (1999), and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century (2006). She was active in the North Carolina Poetry Society, serving as president, 1990-1992. Gilbert received numerous awards for her work, including the Sam Ragan Fine Arts Awards in 1994 and the Ethel N. Fortner Writer and Community Award in 2003. She served as writer-in-residence at Saint Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, N.C., from fall 2000 to spring 2001. Marie Gilbert died in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 2007.

From the guide to the Marie Gilbert Papers, 1944-2009, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)