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American novelist and poet (1889–1973)

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Born
5 Aug 1889
Died
17 Aug 1973
Works
259

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  • The collected short stories of Conrad Aiken
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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Spain
Active from
1889
Active to
1973
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Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American novelist and poet, whose work includes poetry, short stories, novels, a play and an autobiography. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Conrad+Aiken">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • Walk with me world, upon my right hand walk, speak to me Babel, that I may strive to assemble of all these syllables a single word before the purpose of speech is gone.
  • Separate we come and separate we go, And this, be it known, is all that we know.
  • Music I heard with you was more than music,And bread I broke with you was more than bread;Now that I am without you, all is desolate;All that was once so beautiful is dead.
  • My heart has become as hard as a city street,The horses trample upon it, it sings like iron,All day long and all night long they beat,They ring like the hooves of time.
  • My heart is torn with the sound of raucous voices,They shout from the slums, from the streets, from the crowded places,And tunes from the hurdy-gurdy that coldly rejoicesShoot arrows into my heart.
  • O sweet clean earth, from whom the green blade cometh!When we are dead, my best belovèd and I,Close well above us, that we may rest forever,Sending up grass and blossoms to the sky.

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Born
Conrad Potter Aiken , ( 1889-08-05 ) August 5, 1889, Savannah, Georgia , U.S.
Died
August 17, 1973 (1973-08-17) (aged 84), Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation
Poet playwright essayist novelist critic
Education
Harvard University ( BA )
Spouse
Jessie McDonald (1912–1929), Clarissa Lorenz (1930), Mary Hoover (1937)
Children
3, including Jane and Joan

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Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952. His published works include poetry, short stories, novels, literary criticism, a play, and an autobiography.

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