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Allen Tate

American poet, essayist and social commentator (1899-1979) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 79

John Orley Allen Tate, known professionally as Allen Tate, was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and poet laureate from 1943 to 1944. Among his best known works are the poems "Ode to the Confederate Dead" (1928) and "The Mediterranean" (1933), and his only novel The Fathers (1938).

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1979Died9 February 19791978Lenore Marshall Poetry PrizeAward1963Fellowship of the Academy of American PoetsAward1956Bollingen PrizeAward1954Rome PrizeAward1928Guggenheim FellowshipAward1899Born19 November 1899

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Awards

Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize1978
Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets1963
Bollingen Prize1956
Rome Prize1954
Guggenheim Fellowship1928

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He is associated with New Criticism, the Fugitives and the Southern Agrarians.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1979 · aged 79