Gene Derwood

Gene Derwood (1909–1954) was an American poet, painter and wife of the poet and anthologist Oscar Williams.

Life

The couple lived in a penthouse of an office building at 35 Water Street, Lower Manhattan.

The Lilly Library of Indiana University holds a collection of her letters. Harvard University also holds archival material.

Works

• "After reading St. John the Divine", Nox Oculi
• "Elegy on Gordon Barber" (poem), L'Ecritoire, August 27, 2005
• The Poems of Gene Derwood, Clarke and Way, 1955.

References