Eda Lou Walton

Eda Lou Walton
A young woman with wavy dark hair, in an oval frame
Eda Lou Walton, from the 1919 yearbook of the University of California, Berkeley
BornJanuary 19, 1894
Deming, New Mexico
DiedDecember 8, 1961 (aged 67)
Alameda County, California
Occupation(s)Poet, critic, college professor
PartnerHenry Roth (1930s)
FatherWilliam B. Walton

Eda Lou Walton (January 19, 1894 – December 8, 1961) was an American poet and college professor. In addition to her original poetry, she studied and "recreated" traditional songs and chants of the Navajo and Blackfoot cultures.[1]

  1. ^ Walton, Eda Lou (1926). Dawn Boy: Blackfoot and Navajo Songs. E.P. Dutton & Company.