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- Abel Meeropol (February 10, 1903 – October 29, 1986) was an American songwriter and poet whose works were published under his pseudonym Lewis Allan. He wrote the poem and musical setting of "Strange Fruit" (1937), which was recorded by Billie Holiday.
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Abel Meeropol (February 10, 1903 – October 29, 1986) [1] was an American songwriter and poet whose works were published under his pseudonym Lewis Allan. He wrote the poem and musical setting of "Strange Fruit" (1937), which was recorded by Billie Holiday.
Sep 5, 2012 · The link is the pseudonym he used when writing poetry and music: Lewis Allan. "Abel Meeropol's pen name 'Lewis Allan' were the names of their children who were stillborn, who never lived,"...
- Elizabeth Blair
Lewis Allan was a very personal choice. ROBERT MEEROPOL: Abel Meeropol's pen name, Lewis Allan, were the names of their children who were, you know, were stillborn, who never lived.
Sep 5, 2012 · The man behind "Strange Fruit" is New York City's Abel Meeropol, and he really has two stories. They both begin at Dewitt Clinton High School, a public high school in the Bronx that has an astonishing number of famous people in its alumni. James Baldwin went there.
- Elizabeth Blair
"Strange Fruit" is a song written and composed by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan) and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. The lyrics were drawn from a poem by Meeropol published in 1937. The song protests the lynching of Black Americans with lyrics that compare the victims to the fruit of trees.
Writing under the pseudonym, Lewis Allan, itself a mark of unfinished mourning as Lewis and Allan were the intended names of Meeropol’s two stillborn sons, he established himself as a quite successful poet, lyricist, and songwriter, creating works performed by Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, and Nina Simone, among many others.
Jul 21, 2016 · Childless, but not for want of trying (Metropol’s pen name was Lewis Allan, after his stillborn children), the Meeropols adopted Robert and Michael Rosenberg in 1954. These were the shunned orphans of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who had been executed as spies the year before.
