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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 .
"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.
Strange Fruit" is a 1937 poem and song written by Abel Meeropol, made famous by Billie Holiday in 1939 and then covered by many other performers.
Today, “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, ... In 1939, Billie Holiday lent her vocals to this disconcerting ballad written originally as an anti-lynching poem by Abel Meeropol.
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Meeropol later said that the photograph "haunted [him] for days" and inspired his poem "Bitter Fruit". It was published in the New York Teacher in 1937 and later in the magazine New Masses, in both cases under the pseudonym Lewis Allan. Meeropol set his poem to music, renaming it "Strange Fruit".
The song "Strange Fruit" was composed by Abel Meeropol in 1937, inspired by the photograph of a lynching in Marion, Indiana. Meeropol said that the photograph "haunted me for days". [37] It was published as a poem in the New York Teacher and later in the magazine New Masses, in both cases under the pseudonym Lewis Allan.
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