Historical sense and poetic sense should not, in the end, be contradictory, for if poetry is the little myth we make, history is the big myth we live, and in our living, constantly remake.
DescriptionAmerican poet, novelist, and literary critic
BornApril 24, 1905
DiedSeptember 15, 1989
CountryUnited States Of America
ProfessionPoet; Author; Novelist
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellows Program; Rome Prize; Bollingen Prize; National Medal Of Arts; Pulitzer Prize For Poetry; National Book Award
