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Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet and writer, who was associated with the modernist school of poetry. MacLeish studied English at Yale University and law at Harvard University .
A poet, playwright, lawyer, and statesman, Archibald MacLeish’s roots were firmly planted in both the new and the old worlds. His father, the son of a poor shopkeeper in Glasgow, Scotland, was born in 1837—the year of Victoria’s coronation as Queen of England—and ran away first to London and then,…
Apr 16, 2024 · Archibald MacLeish (born May 7, 1892, Glencoe, Ill., U.S.—died April 20, 1982, Boston, Mass.) was an American poet, playwright, teacher, and public official whose concern for liberal democracy figured in much of his work, although his most memorable lyrics are of a more private nature.
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Born in 1892, Archibald MacLeish was a poet, critic, and playwright who fought in World War I. MacLeish was awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times, and he served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 1946 to 1949.
The American poet-librarian, Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982), was a modernist whose work does strange and invigorating things with language.
A poet, playwright, lawyer, and statesman, Archibald MacLeish’s roots were firmly planted in both the new and the old worlds. His father, the son of a poor shopkeeper in Glasgow, Scotland, was born in 1837—the year of Victoria’s coronation as Queen of England—and ran away...
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Jun 11, 2018 · MacLeish, Archibald (1892–1982) US poet and playwright. One of the US expatriates in Paris during the 1920s, he was strongly influenced by Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot. The epic poem Conquistador (1932) and Collected Poems (1952) both won Pulitzer Prizes, as did the verse play J.B. (1958).
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