Conrad Aiken
Conrad Potter Aiken was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952. His published works include poetry, short stories, novels, literary criticism, a play, and an autobiography.
5 August 1889
Born on the same birth day (5 August): Airto Moreira • August 5 • Christopher Chessun • Christopher Gunning • David Gill (football executive) • Gay Byrne • Karl Johan Åström • Louise of the Netherlands • Michael Jamieson • Michele Pazienza • Parley Baer • Pat Smear • Rory Morrison • Xavier Trias
Born in the same month (August 1889): Alexander Mair • Camillien Houde • Charles Darrow • George Kenney • Hans Egede Budtz • Jack Ryder (cricketer) • John Middleton Murry • Lalla Carlsen • Margaret Lawrence (actress) • Otto Tief • Walther Gerlach • Zofia Kossak-Szczucka