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Walter Lowenfels
American poet
Walter Lowenfels | |
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| Born | (1897-05-10)May 10, 1897 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 7, 1976(1976-07-07) (aged 79) Tarrytown, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | |
| Period | 1925–1975 |
Walter Lowenfels (May 10, 1897 – July 7, 1976) was an American poet, journalist, and member of the Communist Party USA.
He also edited the Pennsylvania Edition of The Worker, a weekend edition of the Communist-sponsored Daily Worker.
Early life
Lowenfels was born in New York City to a successful butter manufacturer on May 10, 1897.
He graduated from a preparatory school in 1914, and served in the military during World War I, after which he began writing poetry.[1] He worked for his father's company from 1914 until 1926. He met Lillian Apotheker, who later co-edited several of the anthologies of poetry he edited, in 1924, and the couple married in 1926.
In 1925, with the financial assistance of Apotheker, he published his first col