| − | '''Robert Penn Warren''' (1905–89), was an American novelist, poet and critic. Born in Guthrie, Kentucky, and educated at Vanderbilt University (BA 1925), Warren became a leader of the "[[Nashville Agrarians]]" in the 1930s. He represent a strong conservative voice in American letters. He won the Pulitzer Prize twice for poetry, ''Brother to Dragons'' (1953), a long, dramatic poem, and ''Promises'' (1957); and once for his novel about [[Huey Long]] and the corruptions of Southern politics in the 1930s, ''All the King’s Men'' (1946). Warren is the only one who have won [[Pulitzer Prize]]s for both fiction and poetry. | + | '''Robert Penn Warren''' (1905–1989), was an American novelist, poet and critic. Born in Guthrie, Kentucky, and educated at Vanderbilt University (BA 1925), Warren became a leader of the "[[Nashville Agrarians]]" in the 1930s. He represent a strong conservative voice in American letters. He won the Pulitzer Prize twice for poetry, ''Brother to Dragons'' (1953), a long, dramatic poem, and ''Promises'' (1957); and once for his novel about [[Huey Long]] and the corruptions of Southern politics in the 1930s, ''All the King’s Men'' (1946). Warren is the only one who have won [[Pulitzer Prize]]s for both fiction and poetry. |
| | In 1935, Robert Warren and Cleanth Brooks founded the literary journal ''The Southern Review''. | | In 1935, Robert Warren and Cleanth Brooks founded the literary journal ''The Southern Review''. |