Robert Penn Warren ( April 24 , 1905 - September 15 , 1989 ) was an American poet and writer. He was born in Guthrie, Kentucky and graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1925 and the University of California, Berkeley in 1926. He later attended Yale University and obtained his B. Litt . at Oxford University in England in 1930. centipedia
Warren was born on April 24, 1905, in Guthrie, Kentucky. When he was a small boy, the Black Patch Tobacco Wars broke out centered around his home town, transforming previously exemplary citizens into violent fanatics. As a student at Vanderbilt Universi www.english.eku.edu/SERVICES/KYLIT/WARREN.HTM