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| Born | Mary Caroline Richards July 13, 1916 Weiser, Idaho, U.S. |
| Died | September 10, 1999 (aged 83) Kimberton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Oregon Episcopal School |
| Alma mater | Reed College, University of California, Berkeley, |
| Occupation(s) | poet, potter, writer, essayist, translator, educator |
| Spouse(s) | Vernon Young (divorced), Albert William Levi Jr. (divorced) |
Mary Caroline Richards (July 13, 1916, Weiser, Idaho – September 10, 1999, Kimberton, Pennsylvania) was an American poet, potter, and writer best known for her book Centering: in Pottery, Poetry and the Person.[1] Educated at Reed College, in Portland, Oregon, and at the University of California at Berkeley, she taught English at the Central Washington College of Education and the University of Chicago, but in 1945 became a faculty member of the experimental Black Mountain College in North Carolina where she continued to teach until the end of the summer session in 1951.[2]
Her teaching experience and growth as an artist while at Black Mountain College prepared the foundation for most of her work in life, both as an educator and creator. Later in life, she discovered the work of Rudolf Steiner and lived the last part of her life at a Camphill Village in Kimberton, PA. In 1985, while living at the Kimberton Camphill Village she began teaching workshops with Matthew Fox at the University of Creation Spirituality in Oakland, CA during the winter months. Mary Caroline Richards died in 1999 in Kimberton, PA.[1]
- ^ a b Smith, Roberta. "M. C. Richards, Poet, Potter and Essayist, Dies at 83", The New York Times, September 20, 1999. Accessed March 29, 2010.
- ^ Harris, Mary Emma (1987). The Arts At Black Mountain College. MIT Press. pp. 169.