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During that period, he wrote two radio dramas to increase patriotism and warn Americans against fascism. MacLeish won the Pulitzer Prize for his efforts in 1932.įrom 1930 to 1938, MacLeish worked as an editor at Fortune magazine. In 1928 MacLeish returned to America, where he began research for his epic poem 'Conquistador' by travelling the steps and mule-ride of Cortez's army through Mexico. During the next four years he published four books of poetry, including 'The Happy Marriage' (1924) and 'The Poet of Earth' (1925). There he was to befriend fellow writers such as Kay Boyle, Ernest Hemingway, and Ezra Pound. MacLeish then moved his family to France and began to focus on writing. He resigned in 1923, on the day that he was promoted to partner in the firm. Upon returning home, he worked in Boston as a lawyer but found that the position distracted him from his poetry. In 1916 he married Ada Hitchcock.Īt the onset of World War I, MacLeish volunteered as an ambulance driver, and later became a captain of field artillery. Although he focused his studies on law, he also began writing poetry during this time. First educated at Hotchkiss School, MacLeish later studied at Yale and Harvard Law School, where he was first in his class. Archibald MacLeish was born in Glencoe, Illinois, on May 7, 1892.