About
Prolific American poet and 1970 U.S. Poet Laureate who won the National Book Award for Traveling Through the Dark. His numerous other works include In the Clock of Reason, Brother Wind, Passwords, and Wyoming Circuit.
Before Fame
He studied at the University of Kansas and taught at Lewis & Clark College in Oregon before earning a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.
Trivia
He was a pacifist and a conscientious objector during World War II.
Family Life
He married Dorothy Hope Frantz in 1944. He and Frantz raised four children.
Associated With
His writing style has been compared to that of renowned poet Robert Frost.
