Harry Brown

Born in Portland, Maine, Harry Brown left Harvard after his sophomore year to pursue poetry while contributing to Time and The New Yorker, a decision that launched a multifaceted literary career. His early verse collections, including The End of a Decade (1940) and the acclaimed Poem of Bunker Hill (1941), earned him the Young Poets Prize and the Shelley Memorial Award, while his wartime humor col… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources