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Archibald MacLeish was an American poet, playwright, and government official, born on May 7, 1892, and died on April 20, 1982. His poetry often addressed social and political issues, and he made significant contributions to both poetry and drama.

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Famous Archibald MacLeish Quotes

“Spring has many American faces. There are cities where it will come and go in a day and counties where it hangs around and never quite gets there. Summer is drawn blinds in Louisiana, long winds in Wyoming, shade of elms and maples in New England.”

Long Faces Cities Wind Summer Spring England Shade June Comes And Goes County Louisiana New England Maple Wyoming

Author:Archibald MacLeish

“What happened at Hiroshima was not only that a scientific breakthrough had occurred and that a great part of the population of a city had been burned to death, but that the problem of the relation of the triumphs of modern science to the human purposes of man had been explicitly defined.”

Men Humans Problem Death Purpose Cities Happened Modern Relation Population Defined Triumph Burned Breakthrough Modern Science Hiroshima

Author:Archibald MacLeish

“You burned the city of London in our houses and we felt the flames.”

House Felt Cities London Flames Burned City Of London

Book:In Honor of a Man and an Ideal...: Three Talks on Freedom

Source: In Honor of a Man and an Ideal...: Three Talks on Freedom

About the Author

Born: May 7, 1892
Died: April 20, 1982
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 80

Books & Sources

Collected Poems, 1917-1982Related source material

Riders on the Earth: essays and recollectionsRelated source material

J. B.Related source material

The American causeRelated source material

A Time to Speak: The Selected Prose of Archibald MacLeishRelated source material

A continuing journeyRelated source material

In Honor of a Man and an Ideal...: Three Talks on FreedomRelated source material

New & collected poems, 1917-1976Related source material

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