Allen Tate | |
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| Born | November 19, 1899 Winchester, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | February 9, 1979 (aged 79) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet, essayist |
| Education | Vanderbilt University |
| Genre | Poetry, literary criticism |
| Literary movement | New Criticism |
| Notable works | "Ode to the Confederate Dead" |
| Spouses |
(m. 1946; div. 1959)Isabella Gardner
(m. 1959; div. 1966)Helen Heinz (m. 1966) |
John Orley Allen Tate (November 19, 1899 – February 9, 1979), known professionally as Allen Tate, was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and poet laureate from 1943 to 1944. Among his best known works are the poems "Ode to the Confederate Dead" (1928) and "The Mediterranean" (1933), and his only novel The Fathers (1938). He is associated with New Criticism, the Fugitives and the Southern Agrarians.