Robert Penn Warren
U.S. Poet Laureate; U.S. Consultant in Poetry · 1986-1987; 1944-1945 · as printed by the Library of Congress
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Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), born in Kentucky and educated at Vanderbilt and Berkeley, was Consultant in Poetry in 1944 and 1945 and U.S. Poet Laureate from 1986 to 1987. The Library notes Pulitzer Prizes for fiction in 1947 and for poetry in 1958 and 1979.
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Appointment and term
U.S. Poet Laureate, 1986-1987
U.S. Consultant in Poetry, 1944-1945
Life
Warren (1905-1989) was born in Kentucky and educated at Vanderbilt University and the University of California, Berkeley.
Books and honors
He is the only writer to have won Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction (in 1947) and poetry (in 1958 and 1979).
Other
Until 1944, when Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish appointed the space to Consultant in Poetry Robert Penn Warren
Source
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