About
Poet and academic who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 for a poetry collection entitled Terror and Decorum. He taught history at Mount Holyoke College for nearly five decades.
Before Fame
He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1937 with a B.A. in history. He published his debut poem, "Graves Are Made to Waltz On," in a 1940 issue of Poetry Magazine.
Trivia
He was an important political thinker who wrote many essays on the topic of conservatism.
Family Life
His father, George Sylvester Viereck, was an infamous Nazi sympathizer.
Associated With
He was a staunch critic of William F. Buckley, Jr.
