Lillian Oppenheimer
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Lillian Rose Vorhaus Kruskal Oppenheimer (born October 24, 1898 in New York City, died 1992) was an American origami pioneer.[1] She popularized origami in the West starting in the 1950s, and is credited[2] with popularizing the Japanese term origami in English-speaking circles, which gradually supplanted the literal translation paper folding that had been used earlier. In the 1960s she co-wrote several popular books on origami with Shari Lewis.
Oppenheimer is the mother of William, Martin, and Joseph Kruskal.
[edit] Notes
- ^ David Lister on Lillian Oppenheimer and Her Friends
- ^ Two Miscellaneous Collections of Jottings on the History of Origami: Part One
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