Margaret Larkin
Margaret Larkin | |
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| Born | July 7, 1899 Las Vegas, New Mexico |
| Died | May 7, 1967 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | writer, poet, singer-songwriter, researcher, and union activist |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1922-1967 |
| Genre | fiction, non-fiction |
| Notable works | The Six Days of Yad Mordechai Seven shares in a Gold Mine Singing Cowboy |
| Notable awards | Kansas Authors' Club Poetry Prize David Belasco Cup Samuel French Prize |
| Spouse | Liston Oak Albert Maltz |
| Relatives | Mira Larkin |
Margaret Larkin (July 7, 1899 – May 7, 1967) was an American writer, poet, singer-songwriter, researcher, journalist and union activist.
She wrote The Six Days of Yad Mordechai on a kibbutz in Israel and its stand against the Egyptian Army in 1948, Seven Shares in a Gold Mine about a murder conspiracy in Mexico, and the Singing Cowboy, a collection of Western folk songs. She won awards for her poem Goodbye—To My Mother and her play El Cristo.