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| Name | Max Ehrmann |
| Birth/Death Dates | 1872-1945 |
| Where in Indiana | Vigo County--Terre Haute |
| When in Indiana | 1872-1945 |
| Notable For | Ehrmann was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. He attended DePauw University and edited the DePauw Weekly. He later studied law and philosophy at Harvard. He worked as a lawyer at his brother's overall factory in Terre Haute, but really wanted to be a writer. He wrote "A Prayer" in 1903. It was displayed at the 1904 World's Fair, and published in the Congressional Record in 1909. He wrote the prose poem "Desiderata" in 1927. In 1971 a recording of the poem Desiderata made it to the Top 10 chart, and won a Grammy Award the following year. |
| Description | An artist wearing a smock and holding a palette with dabs of paint on it stands in front of a painted portrait of Max Ehrmann. Mr. Ehrmann is posed in a chair slightly behind the artist's easel. Another canvas depicting a dog is on the floor. |
| Subject | Ehrmann, Max, 1872-1945
Poets
Authors
Poetry
Ehrmann, Max, 1872-1945. Desiderata
Paintings
Portraits
Palettes
Philosophers
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| Item ID | P0129_P_8X10_BOX5_FOLDER6_16667[1].tiff copy |
| Source of Image | Martin's Photo Shop Collection (P 0129). Indiana Historical Society |
| Digital Collection | Notable Hoosiers (DC 010) |
| Bibliography/Notes | Information from: Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, Summer 2004, and Indiana: A New Historical Guide, Indiana Historical Society, 1989. |
| Copyright Notice | Digital image © 2005 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
