The poems in this volume were all written after Mr. Warren finished preparing for publication of his Selected Poems: New and Old. Warren born in 1905, Guthrie, Kentucky published an outstanding body of literary work in 39 years. Winning a Pulizer Prize in poetry for Promises (1957) and for All the Kings Men (1946) fiction. As a young man he was youngest member of the group of Southern poets called the Fugitives; advocates of the rural Southern agrarian tradition and basing their poetry and critical perspective on classical aesthetic ideals. Robert Penn Warren is regarded as one of the best poets of his generation. He also served as Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets from 1972 until 1988, and was appointed the first U.S. Poet Laureate in 1985. First Print. Yellow poards, tan cloth spine. DJ black and blue, price clipped, worn to upper edge, chip and closed tear upper spine edge near hinge, closed tear to rear upper corner, chip and closed tear to rear upper edge. All else very clean, tightly bound. In protective brodart mylar. sm 4 to, 64 pages. Bibliography, rear cover picture of Warren and bio.

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