Conrad Aiken

Conrad Potter Aiken was an American writer and poet. He wrote poetry, short stories, novels, literary criticism, a play and an autobiography. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he lived for long stretches in New England and in England. He won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award and served as United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952. His chapter on poetry appears in the 1922 collection Civilization in the United States.