Robert PT Coffin

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Robert Peter Tristram Coffin (* 18th March 1892 in Brunswick , Maine ; † 20th January 1955 in Portland , Maine) was an American writer who primarily for his poetry became known in 1936 for his book of poems Strange Holiness the Pulitzer Prize for poetry received.

Life

After attending high school in Brunswick, Coffin began studying at the renowned Bowdoin College there in 1911 , which he graduated in 1915. He then studied at Princeton University , where he earned a Master of Arts (MA) in 1916 . After the USA entered the First World War , he did his military service in the US Army between 1917 and 1918 and then, with the support of a Rhodes scholarship , studied at Trinity College at the University of Oxford , which he completed in 1920 with both a Bachelor of Arts (BA) as well as a Bachelor of Literature (BLit). During his studies he also became a member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic society .

After his return to the USA in 1921 he accepted a professorship at Wells College in Aurora and taught there until 1934. During this time he made his literary debut in 1924 with the collection of poems Christchurch . In 1934 he moved to Bowdoin College as a professor and taught there until his death. In 1946 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and in 1949 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

His greatest literary success was with the volume of poetry Strange Holiness , published in 1935 , which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1936. His other publications include the novel Red Sky in the Morning (1935), the two other collections of poetry Saltwater Farm (1937) and Kennebec (1937) and the book Maine Doings (1950), which contains a collection of his essays .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members: Robert P. Tristram Coffin. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed February 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Coffin, Robert PT
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coffin, Robert Peter Tristram (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lyric poet
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Brunswick , Maine
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1955
Place of death Portland , Maine