Bacon, Leonard, 1887-1954

American poet.

Pulitzer Prize winning poet (1941); resident of Peace Dale, Rhode Island.

Biographical Note: Leonard Bacon was an American poet and critic.

He was born in Solvay, New York, May 26, 1887. After graduating from Yale University in 1923, Bacon had a brief career in business, followed by a teaching position English at the University of California, Berkeley. After publishing "Ulug Beg" in 1923, he devoted the rest of his life to writing poetry, reviews, and occasional essays. Bacon's poetry appeared in the "Atlantic," "Harper's, ", and "Saturday Review, " and he won a Pulitzer prize in 1940 for "Sunderland Capture and Other Poems." Leonard Bacon died in Peace Dale, Rhode Island, January 1, 1954.

Leonard Bacon, the son of Nathaniel and Helen Hazard Bacon, was born in Solvey, New York on May 26, 1887. he graduated from Yale in 1909 and taught English at the University of California at Berkeley from 1910 to 1923. After that he devoted all his time to writing poetry. In 1926, he and his family moved to "The Acorns" in Peacedale, Rhode Island where he lived for the rest of his life. Bacon received the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1941 for Sunderland Capture and other Poems. He died on January 1, 1954. More details about his life can be found in Current Biography 1941, pp. 34-36 and the Providence Journal, January 2, 1954, p. 1-3

Leonard Bacon, American poet, literary critic, and teacher, was born in Solvay, New York on May 26, 1887. He was the son of Nathaniel Terry Bacon and Helen Hazard Bacon. He graduated in 1909 from Yale, where he studied with Chauncey Brewster Tinker and co-edited the literary magazine. Bacon taught English at the University of California, Berkeley between 1910 and 1923. Shortly after the successful publication of his first book Ulug Beg (1923), he retired from education to pursue his literary career. Bacon published several volumes of poetry, including Sunderland Capture, and Other Poems (1940) which won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, as well as translations and an autobiography. In addition to his books, Bacon's poems were published in magazines such as The Saturday Review of Literature, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker .

Bacon married Martha Sherman Stringham on May 16, 1912, and they had three daughters. Bacon died in 1954.