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Walter Lowenfels (May 10, 1897 – July 7, 1976) was an American poet, journalist, and member of the Communist Party USA. He also edited the communist newspaper the ''Daily Worker''. ==Early career== Lowenfels was born in New York City to a successful butter manufacturer. He graduated from a preparatory school in 1914, and served in the military during World War I, after which he began writing poetry. He worked for his father's company from 1914 until 1926. He met Lillian Apotheker, who later co-edited several of the anthologies of poetry he edited, in 1924, and the couple married in 1926. In 1925, with the financial assistance of Apotheker, he published his first collection of poems, ''Episodes & Epistles''. In 1926 he left the family business to hone his poetic craft in Europe, spending time in Florence and Paris. There he was exposed to the literary scene, meeting Henry Miller, T. S. Eliot, Ford Madox Ford, and other luminaries. In 1930, while still in Paris, he co-founded Carrefour Press with Michael Fraenkel, which published the pamphlet ''Anonymous: The Need for Anonymity''. The pamphlet was a manifesto declaring the need for anonymous publication in order to "avoid artistic competition and alienation." In 1931 he shared the Richard Aldington Poetry Prize with e. e. cummings.〔 Carrefour later anonymously published Lowenfels' play ''USA with Music'', but was forced to reveal the identity of the playwright in 1932 when it filed a plagiarism suit against composer George Gershwin. Thereafter, the publishing house attributed its publications to their authors, effectively ending the anonymity movement. He continued to write and publish his poetry, which showcased his leftist political views, as well as editing the poetry of others. He also became concerned about the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter Lowenfels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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