Background
Lamb, Elizabeth Searle was born on January 22, 1917 in Topeka. Daughter of Howard Sanford and Helen Baker (Shaver) Searle.
( Born in 1917 in the American heartland of Topeka, Kansa...)
Born in 1917 in the American heartland of Topeka, Kansas, Elizabeth Searle Lamb has become one of the major voices in the world of English language haiku. As an advocate for a strong traditional basis while remaining open to experimentation, her writing has helped define its modern development. She has won more than 150 awards in the haiku field, and her work has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Polish, French, and Spanish, among other languages. Haiku, more than almost any other form of poetry, is associated with a spiritual insight into the world. Originally, it draws profoundly from the Buddhist world view of change as an inevitable condition, and draws much of its beauty from a sense of the ephemeral. Lamb's frame of reference also includes Christian spirituality, drawing from her ecumenical Protestant background, and personal journeys.
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Lamb, Elizabeth Searle was born on January 22, 1917 in Topeka. Daughter of Howard Sanford and Helen Baker (Shaver) Searle.
Bachelor, University Kansas, Lawrence, 1939. Bachelor of Music, University Kansas, Lawrence, 1940.
Canon City correspondent Pueblo (Colorado) Chieftan, 1957-1959. Editor Frogpond: Quarterly Haiku Journal/Haiku Society of America, New York City, 1984-1991, 94.
( Born in 1917 in the American heartland of Topeka, Kansa...)
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Board directors Public Library., Canon City, 1957-1958. Secretary Friends of the Public Library., Santa Fe, 1979-1982. 1st honorary curator American Haiku Archive, California State Library., Sacramento, 1996-1997.
Member Haiku Society of America (president 1971), Poetry Society of America, Haiku International Association (Japan), Haiku Canada.
Married F. Bruce Lamb, December 11 1941 (deceased December 1992). 1 child, Carolyn.