Archibald MacLeish

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essayist government official human librarian modernist poet playwright poet public intellectual

Archibald MacLeish was an American modernist poet, playwright, and public intellectual who also held prominent government roles, including serving as Librarian of Congress and a key cultural figure during World War II.

Aliases (2)

MacLeish ×1
Robert Sherwood ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	essayist → government official → human → librarian → modernist poet → playwright → poet → public intellectual →
appointedBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
awardReceived	National Book Award for Poetry → Pulitzer Prize for Drama → Pulitzer Prize for Poetry →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1892-05-07 →
dateOfDeath	1982-04-20 →
educatedAt	Harvard Law School → Yale University →
employer	Harvard University → Library of Congress →
endTime	1944-12-31 →
familyName	MacLeish →
fieldOfWork	cultural policy → librarianship → literature →
genre	drama → essay → modernist poetry →
givenName	Archibald →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Skull and Bones →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
movement	Modernism →
notableWork	Ars Poetica → Conquistador → J.B. → The Fall of the City →
occupation	essayist → librarian → playwright → poet → professor →
placeOfBirth	Glencoe, Illinois →
placeOfDeath	Boston, Massachusetts →
positionHeld	Assistant Secretary of State for Public and Cultural Relations → Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University → Librarian of Congress →
residence	Conway, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Ada Hitchcock MacLeish →
startTime	1939-07-10 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Office of War Information → Office of War Information ("Robert Sherwood") →	notableEmployee
J.B. →	author
Archibald MacLeish ("MacLeish") →	familyName
Hotchkiss School →	hasAlumnus
Lost Generation →	hasNotableMember
J.B. →	writer