Robert Penn Warren

Born 24 Apr 1905 · Died 15 Sep 1989

Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989) was an American poet, novelist, literary critic and professor at Yale University.

Quotes

“So little time we live in Time, / And we learn all so painfully, / That we may spare this hour's term / To practice for Eternity.”
"Bearded Oaks", Eleven Poems on the Same Theme 1942
“The poem... is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see — it is, rather, a light by which we may see — and what we see is life.”
Saturday Review 22 March 1958
“Here is the shadow of truth, for only the shadow is true.”
"A Way to Love God", New and Selected Poems 1923–1985 1985
“I longed to know the world's name.”
Now and Then: Poems, 1978–1979 1979
“In separateness only does love learn definition.”
Revelation

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Books by Robert Penn Warren in order

Books by Robert Penn Warren in the order they were published, from Night Rider (1939) to The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren (1998).