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Peter Viereck

American historian and poet (1916-2006) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 89

Peter Robert Edwin Viereck was an American writer, poet, and professor of history at Mount Holyoke College. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1949 for Terror and Decorum, a collection of poetry. In 1955 he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Florence.

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Awards

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry1949
Guggenheim Fellowship1948

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 2006 · aged 89