External Websites

The following links to external websites provide more information about the life and works of Robert Penn Warren.

The best starting point for biographical information about Robert Penn Warren is his official website.

Robert Penn Warren (Official Site)

Biographical information about Robert Penn Warren, along with other major online resources related to Warren, can be found on the following websites:

Academy of American Poets External
Biography of Robert Penn Warren, samples of his poetry, selected bibliography, and links to external resources.
Katherine Anne Porter: Correspondence from the Archives, 1912-1977 External
This online exhibit includes digitized copies of correspondence from Warren to his second wife Eleanor Clark as well as to Katherine Anne Porter. External
National Portrait Gallery External
Paintings and photos of Robert Penn Warren from the National Portrait Gallery.
Poets.org External
Biography of Robert Penn Warren and a selection of poems.
Poetry Foundation External
Biography of Robert Penn Warren and a selection of poems.
"Robert Penn Warren" External
Biography of Warren from the Tennessee Encycopedia.
Robert Penn Warren Collection, 1964-1989 (Finding Aid) External
"The Robert Penn Warren Papers consist of manuscript drafts and related material, correspondence, personal papers, writings about Warren, photographs, news clippings, and miscellaneous writings of others, all once in the possession of Robert Penn Warren. The collection spans Warren's life from his undergraduate years at Vanderbilt (1922-1926) to his death in 1989. The bulk of the papers covers the years between 1930 and 1985." Emory University, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
Robert Penn Warren Filmography External
From the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
Robert Penn Warren Papers (Finding Aid) External
This collection "consist[s] of manuscript drafts and related material, correspondence, personal papers, writings about Warren, photographs, news clippings, and miscellaneous writings of others, all once in the possession of Robert Penn Warren. The collection spans Warren's life from his undergraduate years at Vanderbilt (1922-1926) to his death in 1989. The bulk of the papers covers the years between 1930 and 1985." Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
The Robert Penn Warren Oral History Archive External
Maintained by the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the University of Kentucky Libraries, this oral history project "document[s] the life and career of author and poet Robert Penn Warren. In addition to oral history interviews with Robert Penn Warren, the project conducted interviews with over 30 friends and colleagues. Interviews were conducted by David Farrell and Susan Allen between 1977 and 1981."
Stuart Wright Collection: Robert Penn Warren Papers (Finding Aid) External
Includes a biography of Warren. This collections "document[s] the life and literary career of Robert Penn Warren" and "contains correspondence, typescripts and holographic materials, literary essays and notes, poems, uncorrected and edited proofs, loose manuscript items transferred from the Stuart Wright Book Collection, audio recordings, oversized materials."

For the latest news and discussions related to Robert Penn Warren, see:

A selected list of news articles, interviews, and conversations, arranged in chronological order, follows below.

Selected Articles, News, and Interviews

"The Fiction of American Democracy" External
The Wall Street Journal. October 30, 2020.
"Classic Books You Should Read: Robert Penn Warren’s ‘All the King’s Men’" External
The Emory Wheel. October 27, 2020.
"Robert Penn Warren Collection Shines in UK Digital Exhibit" External
University of Kentucky. Oct. 31, 2018.
"New Orleans Appraiser Brings End to Dispute Over Robert Penn Warren House, Sending Contents to Auction" External
Cision PRWed. September 9, 2015.
"On the market: Penn Warren Found Grounds for Inspiration on This Property" External
Fairfield Citizen. September 6, 2013.
"Robert Penn Warren, Poet and Author, Dies" External
The New York Times. September 16, 1989.
"Author-Poet Robert Penn Warren Dies" External
Washington Post. September 16, 1989.
"Robert Penn Warren, The Art of Fiction No. 18" External
The Paris Review 16, no. 18 (Spring-Summer 1957).

A selection of radio programs featuring Robert Penn Warren or in which Warren and his work are discussed.

"Willie Stark Lives On" External
All Things Considered, NPR. September 8, 2008. (7:53)
"All the King's Men" External
All Things Considered, NPR. October 21, 1996. (clip ends 2:08)
"Book Review: 'Robert Penn Warren's All The King's Men: A Reader's Companion'" External
Cincinnati Public Radio. August 10, 2018. (6:58)

Podcasts and other non-radio audio recordings featuring Robert Penn Warren are listed below.

"Audio Book Club on All the King's Men" External
Slate. March 13, 2008. (51:35)
"The Nature of a Mirror" External
The Academy of American Poets.
"Who Speaks for the Negro?" External
An archival collection of interviews conducted by Robert Penn Warren for his book Who Speaks for the Negro? Site includes digitized versions of the original reel-to-reel recordings, as well as copies of the correspondence, transcripts, and other printed materials related to his research for the provocatively-titled book.
"All the King's Men" External
Learn out Loud.

Many videos of Robert Penn Warren reading and discussing his work can be found through the following two sources:

YouTube - "Robert Penn Warren" search results External
Numerous videos of Robert Penn Warren reading and performing his work appear through this YouTube search on his name.
"Robert Penn Warren: A Vision" External
PBS. October 28, 2019. (58:21)

Selected online reviews of Robert Penn Warren's poetry, prose, and children's books appear below.

Poetry Reviews

Prose

New and Selected Essays (1989)

All the King's Men (1946)

Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back (1980)

The Historians Manifesto External

Brother to Dragons (1979)

Kirkus External

Robert Penn Warren, U.S. Poet Laureate: A Resource Guide

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