Robert Penn Warren

Robert Penn Warren

Robert Penn Warren was born in Guthrie, Kentucky on April 24th, 1905 and passed away at the age of 84 on September 15th, 1989.

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Robert Penn Warren Stats: The highest rated book by Robert Penn Warren on Book Notification is All the King's Men, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Robert Penn Warren on Book Notification is All the King's Men, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Understanding Poetry, a Non-Fiction book.

Below is a complete list of Robert Penn Warren books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Night Rider
1939
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2
At Heaven's Gate
1943
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3
World Enough and Time
1950
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4
Band of Angels
1955
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5
The Cave
1959
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6
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All the King's Men
1960
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7
Wilderness
1961
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8
Flood
1964
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9
Meet Me In The Green Glen
1974
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10
A Place to Come To
1977
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List of Chapbooks in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Blackberry Winter
1946
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2
Don\'t Bury Me At All
1950
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3
Gods of Mount Olympus.
1959
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4
The Use of the Past
1977
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5
Old flame
1978
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6
Ballad of a Sweet Dream of Peace
1980
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7
Mountain Mystery
1981
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8
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
1983
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List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Selected Poems 1923-1943
1942
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2
Eleven Poems on the Same Theme
1942
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3
Selected Poems of Robert Penn Warren
1944
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4
The Circus in the Attic
1947
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5
Brother to Dragons
1953
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6
Promises: Poems 1954-1956
1957
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7
You, Emperors, And Others
1960
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8
Selected Poems: New and Old, 1923-1966
1966
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9
Incarnations
1968
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10
Audubon
1969
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11
Or Else
1974
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12
New and Selected Poems, 1923-1985
1976
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13
Being Here: Poetry 1977-1980
1980
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14
Rumor Verified
1981
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15
Love: Four Versions
1981
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16
Have You Ever Eaten Stars? Poems 1979-1980
1981
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17
New And Selected Poems 1960-1985
1986
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18
The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren
1998
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19
Now and Then: Poems, 1976-1978
2012
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List of Robert Penn Warren Letters in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren
2000
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2
Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren, Volume 2
2001
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3
Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren, Volume Three
2005
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4
Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren, Volume Four
2008
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5
Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren, Volume Five
2011
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Essential Melville
1857
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2
John Brown
1929
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3
Understanding Poetry
1938
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4
Melville the poet
1946
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5
William Faulkner And His South
1951
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6
Segregation
1956
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7
Selected Essays
1958
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8
The Legacy of the Civil War
1961
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9
Who Speaks for the Negro?
1965
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10
Faulkner
1967
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11
Why do we read fiction?
1971
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12
Homage to Theodore Dreiser
1971
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13
Democracy and Poetry
1975
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14
A conversation with Robert Penn Warren
1976
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15
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Understanding Poetry (With: Cleanth Brooks)
1976
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16
A Time to Hear and Answer
1976
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17
Modern Rhetoric
1979
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18
Katherine Anne Porter
1979
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19
Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back
1980
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20
Robert Penn Warren Talking
1980
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21
I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition
1983
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22
Portrait of a Father
1988
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23
New and Selected Essays
1989
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24
Talking with Robert Penn Warren
1990
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25
Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren: A Literary Correspondence (With: Cleanth Brooks)
1998
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26
How Texas Won Her Freedom: The Story Of Sam Houston And The Battle Of San Jacinto
2012
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27
Significance of Best Dog: Importance of Keeping Best Dog
2014
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28
Importance of Productivity
2014
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List of U.S. Landmark Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

A children's nonfiction series presenting key events and figures in U.S. history, including topics like the Louisiana Purchase and the Battle of New Orleans.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (By: Ted W. Lawson, Peter B. Mersky)
1943
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2
The Voyages of Christopher Columbus (By: Armstrong Sperry)
1950
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3
The Landing of the Pilgrims (By: James Daugherty)
1950
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4
Our Independence and the Constitution (By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher)
1950
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5
Paul Revere and the Minute Men (By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher)
1950
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6
The Monitor and the Merrimac and Other Naval Battles (By: Fletcher Pratt)
1951
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7
The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans ( By: Robert Tallant)
1951
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8
Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia (By: Margaret Cousins)
1952
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9
Trappers and Traders of the Far West (By: James Daugherty)
1952
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10
Clipper Ship Days (By: John Edward Jennings)
1952
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11
The Louisiana Purchase ( By: Robert Tallant)
1952
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12
John Paul Jones, Fighting Sailor (By: Armstrong Sperry)
1953
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13
Clara Barton (By: Helen Boylston)
1955
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14
Davy Crockett (By: Stewart Hall Holbrook)
1955
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15
The Story of D-Day (By: Bruce Bliven Jr.)
1956
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16
Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House (By: Sterling North)
1956
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17
Wyatt Earp: U.S. Marshal (By: Stewart Hall Holbrook)
1956
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18
Evangeline and The Acadians ( By: Robert Tallant)
1957
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19
Remember the Alamo!
1958
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20
Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel (By: Katherine Binney Shippen)
1958
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21
The American Revolution (By: Bruce Bliven Jr.)
1958
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22
The Battle for the Atlantic (By: Jay Williams)
1959
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23
The Golden Age of Railroads (By: Stewart Hall Holbrook)
1960
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24
From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa: The War in the Pacific: 1941-1945 (By: Bruce Bliven Jr.)
1960
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25
William Penn: Quaker Hero (By: Hildegarde Dolson)
1961
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26
Americans into Orbit: The Story of Project Mercury (By: Gene Gurney)
1962
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27
Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone (By: Katherine Binney Shippen)
1963
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28
The Story of Thomas Alva Edison (By: Margaret Cousins)
1965
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29
From Casablanca To Berlin- The War in North Africa and Europe: 1942-1945 (By: Bruce Bliven Jr.)
1965
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30
Walk in Space: The Story of Project Gemini (By: Gene Gurney)
1967
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31
The Copper Kings of Montana (By: Marian T. Place)
1967
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32
Battle for Iwo Jima ( By: Robert Leckie)
1967
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33
The Mysterious Voyage of Captain Kidd (By: A.B.C. Whipple)
1970
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34
George Washington: Frontier Colonel (By: Sterling North)
2006
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35
The Swamp Fox of the Revolution (By: Stewart Hall Holbrook)
2008
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List of Robert Penn Warren Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century
1954
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2
The Best American Short Stories 1964
1964
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3
A Southern Harvest
1972
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4
Stories of the Modern South
1977
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5
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume 2
2000
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6
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
2000
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Robert Penn Warren

Robert Penn Warren was born on April 24th, 1905. Robert passed away September 15th, 1989 at 84 years old. Robert Penn Warren was born in Guthrie, Kentucky.

Robert Penn Warren has published 28 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1857 with the book The Essential Melville. The most recently released was Importance of Productivity which was released in 2014.

Robert Penn Warren also wrote the Collections series which has 19 books including Selected Poems 1923-1943 and Eleven Poems on the Same Theme.

Robert Penn Warren was included in the inaugural 1981 class of the MacArthur Fellowship.

Robert Penn Warren: Awards & Accolades

Robert Penn Warren won the St. Louis Literary Award, Distinguished Figure in Literature, in 1977.

Robert Penn Warren: Lists & Other Mentions

  • All the King's Men has made several lists including:
    1. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Board's List Selection in 1998.
    2. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Radcliffe's List Selection in 1998.
    3. The Guardian: 100 Best Novels Written in English Selection in 2015.
    4. Ex Libris: 100 Books to Read and Reread Selection in 2020.
    5. The Guardian: 100 Greatest Novels of All Time Selection in 2015.
    6. National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books Selection in 2006.
    7. Time Magazine: All-Time 100 Novels Selection in 2005.
    8. Parade: The 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years Selection in 2016.
    9. Esquire: The 80 Books Every Man Should Read Selection in 2015.
    10. Oxford American: The Best Southern Novels of All Time Selection in 2009.
  • Audubon was a National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books Selection in 2006.

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  1. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
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  3. George Orwell, author of: 1984.
  4. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale Series.
  5. John Le Carre, author of the George Smiley Series.

Robert Penn Warren: F.A.Q

When was Robert Penn Warren Born?

Robert Penn Warren was born on April 24th, 1905.

When did Robert Penn Warren die?

Robert Penn Warren died on September 15th, 1989 at 84 years old.

Where was Robert Penn Warren Born?

Robert Penn Warren was born in Guthrie, Kentucky.

What awards has Robert Penn Warren won?

Robert Penn Warren has won the following awards: Distinguished Figure in Literature at the St. Louis Literary Award (1977).

What was the first book Robert Penn Warren wrote?

The first book written by Robert Penn Warren was The Essential Melville, published in 1857.

What was the most recent book Robert Penn Warren wrote?

His most recently released work was Importance of Productivity on December 28th, 2014.

What is the most popular book by Robert Penn Warren?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Robert Penn Warren book is All the King's Men. Here are his most popular books:
  1. All the King's Men (8.8)
  2. Understanding Poetry (9)

How many books has Robert Penn Warren written?

Robert Penn Warren has written 71 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 10 Standalone Novels, 8 books in the Chapbooks, 19 Collections, 5 books in the Robert Penn Warren Letters, 28 Non-Fiction Books, 1 U.S. Landmark Non-Fiction Series.

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