Robert Penn WarrenRobert Penn Warren (1905-1989), born in Guthrie, Kentucky, was one of America's most revered writers, producing fiction, poetry, history, and criticism, much of it focusing on the moral dilemmas of the South. He served as America's first poet aureate. He received the Pulitzer Prize three times, for his novel All the King's Men and for his books of poetry Promises: Poems 1954-1956 and Now and Then. He is also the author of Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back and The Cave. Read More Read Less