Allen Tate

Allen Tate
Born	(1899-11-19)November 19, 1899 Winchester, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	February 9, 1979(1979-02-09) (aged 79) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation	Poet, essayist
Education	Vanderbilt University
Genre	Poetry, literary criticism
Literary movement	New Criticism
Notable works	"Ode to the Confederate Dead"
Spouses	Caroline Gordon ​ ​ (m. 1925; div. 1945)​ ​ ​ (m. 1946; div. 1959)​ Isabella Gardner ​ ​ (m. 1959; div. 1966)​ Helen Heinz ​ (m. 1966)​

John Orley Allen Tate (November 19, 1899 – February 9, 1979), known professionally as Allen Tate, was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and poet laureate from 1943 to 1944. Among his best known works are the poems "Ode to the Confederate Dead" (1928) and "The Mediterranean" (1933), and his only novel The Fathers (1938). He is associated with New Criticism, the Fugitives and the Southern Agrarians.