Emory Holloway
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Rufus Emory Holloway is an author most known for his books and studies of Walt Whitman
. His Whitman: An Interpretation in Narrative was the first biography of a significant poet to win the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Walt Whitman
Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse...
. His Whitman: An Interpretation in Narrative was the first biography of a significant poet to win the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author.-1910s:* 1917: Julia Ward Howe by Laura E...