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Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs (October 1, 1890 – November 5, 1950) was an American poet, playwright and theatre actress. Oelrichs first used the masculine pen name Michael Strange to publish her poetry in order to distance her society reputation from its sometimes erotic content, but it soon became the name under which she presented herself ...
Apr 24, 2024 · Michael Strange, pseudonym of Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs, an American author and performer who produced poetry and plays, acted onstage, and did readings for radio. Many of her poems showed the influence of Walt Whitman. She was also a fervent suffragist. Learn more about her life and work.
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Jan 31, 2022 · In 1940, she met Blanche Oelrichs, an actress, poet, and dilettante. Oelrichs went by the name Michael Strange—a nom de plume that she’d taken on in order to elicit from her editors a “fair ...
Blanche Oelrichs. Writer: Clair de lune. Blanche Oelrichs (pen name: Michael Strange), was born Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs on October 1, 1890, in New York, N.Y., to a socially prominent family. Blanche was the reigning débutante of Newport society.
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Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs (October 1, 1890 – November 5, 1950) was an American poet, playwright and theatre actress. Oelrichs first used the masculine nom de plume Michael Strange to publish her poetry in order to distance her Society reputation from its sometimes erotic content, but it soon became the name under which she presented ...
Michael Strange was the stage name and literary pseudonym of Blanche Oelrichs, who was born into a prominent New York City family on October 1, 1890.
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Apr 27, 2022 · Blanche Oelrichs (October 1, 1890 - November 5, 1950) was an American poet, playwright, and theatre actress known by the pseudonym, "Michael Strange." Born Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs, she was the fourth and youngest child of mining heir Charles May Oelrichs and Blanche Pauline Emilie DeLoosey.
