Barbara Herman Kremen (February 13, 1922 – August 15, 2022) was an American writer whose work consisted of fiction, poetry, and literary essays.
Her publications include Out Of, a poetry collection; Tree Trove, a botanical fantasy on trees for children and adults; The Damsel Fly and Other Stories; and essays and poems published in Sewanee Review, Pembroke Magazine, Philological Quarterly, and Romance Notes.
She undertook further studies at the Sorbonne and in the graduate program in French and English literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
After the war she spent three years abroad in France and later in Ascona, Switzerland, where she formed lifelong friendships within a circle of writers, artists and musicians, including: Aline Valangin, Wladimir Vogel, Italo Valenti (1912–1995), and Werner Rings (1910–1998).
Barbara Kremen resided in North Carolina, where she died at home in Durham on August 15, 2022, at the age of 100.