Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren was the only person to win the Pulitzer Prize in both fiction and poetry, celebrated for All the King's Men, a novel based on Huey Long that is the definitive American political novel. His work defined the Southern Agrarian literary tradition.
Works
- All the King's MenPolitical allegory following corrupt demagogue's rise and fall in American South
- World Enough and TimeHistorical novel set in Kentucky frontier exploring themes of guilt and violence
- Band of AngelsNovel exploring love and identity among mixed-race characters during American slavery
- The CaveNovel set in Tennessee cave investigating murder and uncovering dark family secrets
- WildernessHistorical novel set during American Revolution examining war's chaos and contradictions
- Brother to DragonsNarrative poem about Thomas Jefferson and the violent history of his family
- PromisesCollection of poems exploring childhood, parenthood, and passages of human life
- Now and Then
- Audubon: A VisionNarrative poem exploring naturalist John James Audubon's life and artistic vision