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BONEMART

Biography:
     Born 1892 in Glencoe, IL. Graduated from Yale (1915), served in World War I, and then received a law degree from Harvard (1919). Briefly practiced law in Boston (1920-23), but soon decided to pursue a career in writing. He traveled to Europe  where he associated with T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. He returned to the U.S.A. and became editor of Fortune (1928-38) and then Librarian of Congress (1939-44). He served as Assistant Secretary of State (1944-45).
     Won three Pulitzer Prizes. The first in 1932 for his epic poem Conquistador, about the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Because his works often centered around social themes, especially the preservation of democracy, he gained the title "The Poet Laureate of the New Deal."  He received his second Pulitzer Prize in 1952 for his Collected Poems, 1917-1952. He received his third Pulitzer Prize in 1958 for his drama J. B. which was a modernized treatment of the story of Job. Was Boylston professor at Harvard (1949-62).