Aiken,Conrad Potter

Aiken,Conrad Potter
Ai·ken (āʹkən), Conrad Potter. 1889-1973.
American writer noted primarily for his poetry. He won a 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Selected Poems.

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  • Aiken, Conrad (Potter) — born Aug. 5, 1889, Savannah, Ga., U.S. died Aug. 17, 1973, Savannah U.S. writer. Aiken was traumatized as a child when his father killed Aiken s mother and then himself. Educated at Harvard University, Aiken wrote most of his fiction in the 1920s …   Universalium

  • Aiken, Conrad (Potter) — (5 ago. 1889, Savannah, Ga., EE.UU.–17 ago. 1973, Savannah). Escritor estadounidense. Aiken sufrió un grave trauma en su niñez, cuando su padre asesinó a su madre y luego se suicidó. Educado en la Universidad de Harvard, Aiken escribió la mayor… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Aiken, Conrad — ▪ American writer in full  Conrad Potter Aiken  born August 5, 1889, Savannah, Georgia, U.S. died August 17, 1973, Savannah  American Pulitzer Prize winning poet, short story writer, novelist, and critic whose works, influenced by early… …   Universalium

  • Conrad Potter Aiken — noun United States writer (1889 1973) • Syn: ↑Aiken, ↑Conrad Aiken • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author …   Useful english dictionary

  • Conrad Aiken — Conrad Potter Aiken Born Conrad Potter Aiken August 5, 1889(1889 08 05) Savannah, Georgia, USA Died August 17, 1973(1973 08 17) (aged 84) Savannah, Georgi …   Wikipedia

  • Conrad — Conrad, Joseph Conrad, discontinuidad de * * * (as used in expressions) Aiken, Conrad (Potter) Conrad, Joseph Hilton, Conrad (Nicholson) Hötzendorf, Conrad Franz (Xaver Josef), conde von Richter, Conrad (Michael) Roentgen, Wilhelm Conrad Taeuber …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Aiken — noun United States writer (1889 1973) • Syn: ↑Conrad Aiken, ↑Conrad Potter Aiken • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author * * * aik, aiken obs. north. form of oak, oaken …   Useful english dictionary

  • Conrad Aiken — noun United States writer (1889 1973) • Syn: ↑Aiken, ↑Conrad Potter Aiken • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author …   Useful english dictionary

  • Conrad — /kon rad/, n. 1. Charles, Jr., born 1930, U.S. astronaut. 2. Joseph (Teodor Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski), 1857 1924, English novelist and short story writer, born in Poland. 3. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning bold and counsel. * * *… …   Universalium

  • potter — potter1 /pot euhr/, n. a person who makes pottery. [bef. 1100; ME; late OE pottere. See POT1, ER1] potter2 potterer, n. potteringly, adv. /pot euhr/, v.i., n. Chiefly Brit. putter1. [1520 30; freq. of obs., dial. pote to push, poke, ME poten, OE… …   Universalium

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