Archibald MacLeish | |
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| 1st Assistant Secretary of State for Public and Cultural Relations | |
| In office December 20, 1944 – August 17, 1945 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | William Benton |
| 9th Librarian of Congress | |
| In office July 10, 1939 – December 19, 1944 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Herbert Putnam |
| Succeeded by | Luther H. Evans |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 7, 1892 Glencoe, Illinois, US |
| Died | April 20, 1982 (aged 89) Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (MA) |
| Writing career | |
| Genre | Poetry, drama, essays |
| Notable works | Panic, J.B. |
Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet and writer, who was associated with the modernist school of poetry. MacLeish studied English at Yale University and law at Harvard University. He enlisted in and saw action during the First World War and lived in Paris in the 1920s. On returning to the United States, he contributed to Henry Luce's magazine Fortune from 1929 to 1938. For five years, MacLeish was the ninth Librarian of Congress, a post he accepted at the urging of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[1] From 1949 to 1962, he was Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard. He was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.
- ^ "Archibald MacLeish, 9th Librarian of Congress 1939-1944". Library of Congress. Retrieved July 19, 2016.