Peter Viereck
This article is about the American writer. For the German city, see Viereck.
Peter Viereck | |
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| Born | 5 August 1916 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | 13 May 2006 (aged 89) |
| Occupation(s) | Poet and professor |
| Parent | George Sylvester Viereck |
| Awards | |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Influences | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Main interests | Poetry, politics |
Peter Robert Edwin Viereck (August 5, 1916 – May 13, 2006) was an American writer, poet, and professor of history at Mount Holyoke College. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1949 for Terror and Decorum, a collection of poetry. In 1955 he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Florence.
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