He also wrote several non-fiction works, including Segregation: The Inner Conflict in the South (1956).
Robert Penn Warren was an acclaimed Southern writer who had a net worth of $18 million. He was born in April 24, 1905 and is best known for his 1946 novel, All the King's Men, which won him the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He also won two Pulitzer Prizes for poetry for his collections Promises (1958) and Now and Then (1979). In addition to his fiction and poetry, he wrote several non-fiction works, such as Segregation: The Inner Conflict in the South (1956).
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💰 Net worth: $18 Million (2024)
About
An acclaimed Southern writer, he won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his 1946 novel, All the King's Men. Two of his poetry collections, Promises (1958) and Now and Then (1979), won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Before Fame
He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1925 and went on to study at the University of California-Berkeley, Yale, and Oxford. He published his first literary work, John Brown: The Making of a Martyr, in 1929.
Trivia
He served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1944-1945.
Family Life
He and his two siblings were born in Guthrie, Todd County, Kentucky, to banker Robert Franklin Warren and teacher Anna Ruth Penn Warren. He was married twice: to Emma Brescia Warren and Eleanor Clark. He and Clark became parents to two children: Rosanna Phelps Warren and Gabriel Penn Warren.
Associated With
His bestselling novel, All the King's Men, was adapted into many stage and screen productions, including a 2006 film starring Sean Penn.
