Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet.

Short Biography:

He made his name with the poem "Conquistador" in 1932, which describes Corts' march to the Aztec capital, but his later plays in verse, Panic in 1935 and Air Raid in 1938, deal with contemporary problems.

He was born in Illinois, was assistant secretary of state (1944-1945), and helped to draft the constitution of UNESCO.

From 1949-1962 he was Boylston Professor of Rhetoric at Harvard, and his essays Poetry and Opinion in 1950 reflect his feeling that a poet should be "committed", expressing his outlook in his verse.

Why is Archibald Macleish famous?

Archibald Macleish was an American author and poet.

Archibald Macleish Lists

	1892 births
	1982 deaths
	Academy Award winners
	American dramatists and playwrights
	American librarians
	American poets
	Amherst College faculty
	Harvard Law School alumni
	Librarians of Congress
	Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
	Pulitzer Prize for Drama winners
	Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winners
	American people of Scottish descent
	Yale University alumni
	People from Glencoe, Illinois

 

Archibald Macleish Movies
Grandma Moses The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
Archibald Macleish Filmography

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Category: Poets  - ( Poets Archive)

Date Added: 15 May '12

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