Edwin Arlington Robinson

About

Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose best-known works include The Children of the Night and Dionysus in Doubt.

Before Fame

He studied at Harvard University. His early poem, "Ballade of a Ship," was published by The Harvard Advocate.

Trivia

His famous poem, 'Richard Cory,' was adapted into a song by folk musicians Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

Family Life

He was born in Maine, and he died in New York City. He neither married nor had children.

Associated With

President Theodore Roosevelt admired his poetry and secured him a job at the New York Customs Office.