Editing Allen Tate (section)

{{Short description|American poet, essayist, social commentator (1899–1979)}}
{{for|the American vocalist and songwriter|Allen Tate (musician)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name             = Allen Tate
| image            = John Orley Allen Tate.jpg
| birth_date       = {{birth date|mf=y|1899|11|19}}
| birth_place      = [[Winchester, Kentucky]], U.S.
| death_date       = {{death date and age|mf=y|1979|02|09|1899|11|19}}
| death_place      = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], U.S.
| occupation       = Poet, essayist
| genre            = Poetry, literary criticism
| movement         = [[New Criticism]]
| notableworks     = "[[Ode to the Confederate Dead]]"
| spouses          = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Caroline Gordon]]<br>|1925|1945|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|<!--Caroline Gordon-->|1946|1959|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Isabella Gardner (poet)|Isabella Gardner]]<br>|1959|1966|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Helen Heinz|1966}}
}}
| education        = [[Cincinnati Conservatory of Music]]<br>[[Vanderbilt University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
}}
'''John Orley Allen Tate''' (November 19, 1899 &ndash; February 9, 1979), known professionally as '''Allen Tate''', was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and [[Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress|poet laureate]] from 1943 to 1944. Among his best known works are the poems "[[Ode to the Confederate Dead]]" (1928) and "[[The Mediterranean (poem)|The Mediterranean]]" (1933), and his only novel ''[[The Fathers (novel)|The Fathers]]'' (1938). He is associated with [[New Criticism]], the [[Fugitives (poets)|Fugitives]] and the [[Southern Agrarians]].