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(1899-1979) Poet, novelist, critic. Allen Tate was born in Winchester, Kentucky; lived with his wife, writer Caroline Gordon, near Pawling, New York, from 1925 to 1926. He was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1943 to 1944.

Full Name

John Orley Allen Tate

Locations

Dutchess

Author's Timeline


1899

BIRTH

John Orley Allen Tate was born in Winchester, Kentucky, in 1899.

1925

RESIDENCE

Tate and his wife, novelist Caroline Gordon, lived near Pawling, New York, from 1925 to 1926.

1928

LITWORK

Mr. Pope and Other Poems


Collection of poetry.

1928

LITWORK

Stonewall Jackson: The Good Soldier


Biography.

1929

LITWORK

Jefferson Davis: His Rise and Fall


Biography.

1932

LITWORK

Poems, 1928-31


Collection of poetry.

1936

LITWORK

Reactionary Essays On Poetry And Ideas


Critical essays.

1938

LITWORK

The Fathers


Novel.

1948

LITWORK

Poems, 1922-47


Collection of poetry.

1948

LITWORK

On The Limits Of Poetry


Critical essays.

1955

LITWORK

The Man Of Letters In The Modern World


Critical essays.

1959

LITWORK

Collected Essays


Collection of essays.

1961

LITWORK

Poems


Collection of poetry.

1969

LITWORK

Essays Of Four Decades


Collection of Essays.

1979

DEATH

Allen Tate died in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1979.

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