Allen Tate Writer

John Orley Allen Tate (November 19, 1899 – February 9, 1979) was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1943 to 1944.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 19, 1899
Birth place
Kentucky , Winchester Kentucky , United States
Date of deathFebruary 09, 1979
Place of death
Nashville Tennessee , United States
Spouse
Caroline Gordon

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Writer

genre
Poetry (magazine)
influenced
Geoffrey Hill
Cleanth Brooks
influenced by
John Crowe Ransom
movement
New Criticism
notable work
Ode to the Confederate Dead

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External resources

  1. http://encyclopediavirginia.org/Fathers_The_1938
  2. http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/mlc/findingaidshtml/wtu00338.html
  3. http://www.loc.gov/poetry/laureate.html