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Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952. His published works include poetry, short stories, novels, literary criticism, a play, and an autobiography. [1] Biography
Conrad Aiken. 1889—1973. Unknown author / Public domain. Although he received the most prestigious of literary awards, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1930 and a National Book Award in 1954, along with the critical acclaim of some of the most respected writers and critics of his time, Conrad Aiken never became a truly popular poet.
Aug 1, 2024 · Conrad Aiken (born August 5, 1889, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.—died August 17, 1973, Savannah) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, short-story writer, novelist, and critic whose works, influenced by early psychoanalytic theory, are concerned largely with the human need for self-awareness and a sense of identity. Aiken himself faced ...
Aiken, Conrad (1889-1973) Conrad Aiken. Conrad Aiken was born in Savannah, Georgia. In his childhood Aiken experienced a considerable trauma when he found the bodies of his parents after his physician father had killed his mother and committed suicide. He was brought up in Massachusetts from the age of eleven by a great-great-aunt.
Conrad Aiken. Conrad Potter Aiken was born in Savannah, Georgia, on August 5, 1889. When he was a small boy, his father killed his mother and committed suicide himself, a tragedy that had a profound impact on Aiken’s development. He was raised by a great-great-aunt in Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard in 1912, during the same period as ...
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Jun 7, 2002 · Conrad Potter Aiken was born in Savannah, Georgia, on August 5, 1889, the eldest of four children of a prominent doctor from New York, William Aiken. The author’s mother, Anna, was the daughter of a prominent Massachusetts Unitarian minister. When Aiken was eleven, Aiken’s father killed his wife and then shot himself—without any warning.
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May 18, 2018 · Conrad Aiken. Conrad (Potter) Aiken (1889-1973), poet, essayist, novelist, and critic, was one of America's foremost men of letters and a major figure in American literary modernism. In Conrad Aiken's "Silent Snow, Secret Snow," a young boy named Paul withdraws from his parents, teacher, and people with authority over his life.
Conrad Aiken was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1889. A poet, fiction writer, and essayist, Aiken published 33 collections of poetry, including Selected Poems (1929), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; Collected Poems (1953), which won the National Book Award; and Collected Poems 1916-1970 (1970). From 1950-1952, Aiken served as Poetry ...
Conrad Aiken: Essential American Poets. December 8, 2010. 00:00. 00:00. Archival recordings of Conrad Aiken reading his poems, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 1959, Library of Congress, Washington DC.
Conrad Aiken was born in Savannah, GA, but, after the death of both parents in a tragic murder-suicide, Aiken was raised by a distant aunt in New England. He graduated Harvard in 1912. In 1914 when he was 25, Aiken’s first collection of poetry, Earth Triumphant, was published. In the wake of WWI, Aiken traveled extensively throughout Europe ...
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