August 5, 1899 - August 17, 1973
American poet, novelist and short-story writer
Author of "The House of Dust", "Preludes for Memnon" and "Ushant"
Won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1930
Named poetry consultant to the Library of Congress from 1950 - 1952
Won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1954 for "Collected Poems"
Appointed Poet Laureate of Georgia in 1973
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