Robert Hillyer

Robert Hillyer
BornRobert Silliman Hillyer
(1895-06-03)June 3, 1895
East Orange, New Jersey, US
DiedDecember 24, 1961(1961-12-24) (aged 66)
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Occupationpoet, writer, university faculty
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Literary movementHarvard Aesthetes
Notable worksThe Collected Verse of Robert Hillyer
A Letter to Robert Frost and Others
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize in Poetry, 1934

Robert Silliman Hillyer (June 3, 1895 – December 24, 1961) was an American poet and professor of English literature.[1] He won a Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1934.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Robert Hillyer, Pulitzer Poet". The Youngstown Vindicator. December 31, 1961. Retrieved December 26, 2012.