January 31, 2012

Little Rock (Pulaski County) poet and essayist John Gould Fletcher is widely acknowledged as one of the state’s most notable literary figures. He enjoyed an international reputation for much of his long career. In 1938, he received the Pulitzer Prize in poetry, for his Selected Poems. He was the first Southern poet to receive the prize.

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