Van Doren, Mark Albert (1894–1972)

US poet and writer. He published his first collection, Spring Thunder, 1924. His anthology Collected Poems 1939 won a Pulitzer Prize. He was an editor of The Nation 1924–28 and published the novels The Transients 1935 and Windless Cabins 1940.

Born in Hope, Illinois, USA, Van Doren was educated at the University of Illinois and received his PhD 1920 from Columbia University, where he taught English 1920–59. His autobiography appeared 1958 and his last collection of poems, Good Morning, 1973.