Meridel Le Sueur | |
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 Meridel Le Sueur (middle) with writers Audre Lorde (left) and Adrienne Rich (right) at a writing workshop in Austin, Texas, 1980 | |
| Born | Meridel Wharton February 22, 1900 |
| Died | November 14, 1996 (aged 96) |
| Alma mater | American Academy of Dramatic Arts |
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| Movement | Proletarian literature |
| Spouse | Harry Rice |
| Children | Rachel (b. 1928) and Deborah (b. 1930) |
| Parent(s) | William Winston Wharton, Marian "Mary Del" Lucy; stepfather, Arthur LeSueur |
Meridel Le Sueur (February 22, 1900, Murray, Iowa – November 14, 1996, Hudson, Wisconsin) was an American writer associated with the proletarian literature movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Born as Meridel Wharton, she assumed the name of her mother's second husband, Arthur Le Sueur, the former Socialist mayor of Minot, North Dakota.