Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel

American writer

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1918

Place of Birth: Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 13-Apr-2007

Profession: writer, poet

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel (December 22, 1918 – April 13, 2007) was a long-time resident of California's Central Valley.
Wilma was one of thousands who emigrated from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Bowl years of the mid-1930s.
Named the Tulare poet laureate in the 1970s, McDaniel was dubbed "The Okie Poet" because of her writings about Oklahoma throughout her lifetime. McDaniel published more than fifty books of poetry and was the subject of a film documentary by Chris Simon, Down an Old Road: The Poetic Life of Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel.