Archibald Macleish
(1892–1982)

A lawyer, teacher, editor, dramatist, and poet, Archibald Macleish was born in Glencoe, Illinois. He attended Yale, where he distinguished himself in both academics and athletics. He earned a law degree but soon gave up the practice of law to devote himself to literature. His early poems reflect the influence of such Modernist poets as Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot. However, he eventually changed his style and began using traditional poetic forms in an effort to make his work more accessible. In the 1930s, as fascism rose in Europe and social unrest grew in America, MacLeish became active in politics and began exploring social and political issues in his work. During his career, MacLeish produced more than 30 books and won three Pulitzer Prizes.

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