Conrad Aiken
Conrad Aiken (
August 5 1889-
August 17 1973) was a
Pulitzer Prize-winning
American author, born in
Savannah, Georgia, whose work includes
poetry,
short stories and
novels. He was deeply influenced by
Symbolism, especially in his earlier works. In
1930 he received the
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his
Selected Poems.
He wrote the widely anthologised short story Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1934); his verse includes Earth Triumphant (1914), The Charnel Rose (1918), and And In the Hanging Gardens (1933).
He is the father of writer Joan Aiken.
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