LORRAINE ELLIS HARR
Lorraine Ellis Harr (born Opal Lorraine Ellis, October 31, 1912, Sullivan, Illinois, U.S.A.; died March 3, 2006, Portland, Oregon; haigō Tombō), American grade school teacher and haiku poet, editor, and publisher. She was the author of 15 books, primarily of haiku and related forms, founder of the Western World Haiku Society, and founder and long-time editor of the haiku journal Dragonfly. Harr last lived in Portland, Oregon.