About
Eleventh United States Poet Laureate, novelist, and children's author whose works include Pictures from an Institution, The Animal Family, and The Lost World. Shortly after publishing The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Poems and Translations, he received the National Book Award.
Before Fame
He spent his youth playing tennis, starring in school plays, and writing satirical essays for his high school's literary publication.
Trivia
His first poetry collection, Blood for a Stranger, was published in 1942.
Family Life
He married Mary von Schrader, whom he met in 1952.
Associated With
He was a literary contemporary of Dylan Thomas.
