Archibald MacLeish

Archibald MacLeish
1st Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
In office December 20, 1944 – August 17, 1945
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	William Benton
9th Librarian of Congress
In office July 10, 1939 – December 19, 1944
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Herbert Putnam
Succeeded by	Luther H. Evans
Personal details
Born	(1892-05-07)May 7, 1892 Glencoe, Illinois, US
Died	April 20, 1982(1982-04-20) (aged 89) Boston, Massachusetts, US
Education	Yale University (BA) Harvard University (MA)
Writing career
Genre	Poetry, drama, essays
Notable works	Panic, J.B.

Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet and writer, who was associated with the modernist school of poetry. MacLeish studied English at Yale University and law at Harvard University. He enlisted in and saw action during the First World War and lived in Paris in the 1920s. On returning to the United States, he contributed to Henry Luce's magazine Fortune from 1929 to 1938. For five years, MacLeish was the ninth Librarian of Congress, a post he accepted at the urging of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.^[1] From 1949 to 1962, he was Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard. He was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.