Who is Conrad Potter Aiken

Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952. His published works include poetry, short stories, novels, literary criticism, a play, and an autobiography.

Biography

Early years

Aiken was the eldest son of William Ford and Anna (Potter) Aiken. In Savannah, Aiken's father became a respected physician and eye surgeon, while his mother was the daughter of a prominent Massachusetts Unitarian minister. On February 27, 1901, Dr. Aiken murdered his wife and then committed suicide. According to his autobiography, Ushant, Aiken, then 11 years old, heard the two gunshots and discovered the bodies immediatel...
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Conrad Potter Aiken Poems

• The House Of Dust - Part Iv - Complete
  I. CLAIRVOYANT
  
  'This envelope you say has something in it
  Which once belonged to your dead son, or something ...
• The House Of Dust - Part Iii - Complete
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  As evening falls,
  And the yellow lights leap one by one ...
• The House Of Dust - Part Ii - Complete
  I.
  
  The round red sun heaves darkly out of the sea.
  The walls and towers are warmed and gleam. ...
• The House Of Dust - Part I - Complete
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  The sun goes down in a cold pale flare of light.
  The trees grow dark: the shadows lean to the east: ...
• Senlin, A Biography: Part 03: His Cloudy Destiny - 03
  Senlin stood before us in the sunlight,
  And laughed, and walked away.
  Did no one see him leaving the doors of the city,
  Looking behind him, as if he wished to stay? ...

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Comments about Conrad Potter Aiken

• Platospupil: when the tree bares, the music of it changes: hard and keen is the sound, long and mournful; pale are the poplar boughs in the evening light above my house, against a slate-cold cloud. –conrad potter aiken (1889–1973)
• Soriverlibrary: birthday of conrad aiken conrad potter aiken was an american writer and poet, honored with a pulitzer prize, a national book award, and was u.s. poet laureate from 1950-2. august 5, 1889, savannah, ga
• Yogiscottl: "the sunshine of life is made up of very little beams, that are bright all the time." ~ conrad potter aiken
• Sounznz: a poem by conrad potter aiken provides the tragic text for gabriel khor’s ‘zudora’, a setting for soprano and piano. the composer accompanies soprano emma cronshaw-hunt in this resound film from the 2018 lilburn trust nzsm composers competition. emma was…
• Tourbonaventure: bonaventure cemetery tours . . . conrad potter aiken (1889-1973) the poet and pulizer prize writer, was born in sav...

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