Robert Penn Warren

Naissance 24 Apr 1905 · Décès 15 Sep 1989

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

Citations

“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 1942En anglais
“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 1958En anglais
“Here is the shadow of truth, for only the shadow is true.”
"A Way to Love God", New and Selected Poems 1923–1985 1985En anglais
“I longed to know the world's name.”
Now and Then: Poems, 1978–1979 1979En anglais
“In separateness only does love learn definition.”
RevelationEn anglais

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Les livres de Robert Penn Warren dans l'ordre

Les livres de Robert Penn Warren dans l'ordre de parution, de Night Rider (1939) à The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren (1998).