John Gould Fletcher (1886 - 1950) was born in Arkansas and educated at Harvard, though he did not graduate. He lived in England for much of his life, where he became friends with poets Amy Lowell and Ezra Pound. One of a group of twelve writers called the "Southern Agrarians," John was vocal in his distaste for the industrialism and urbanization, especially regarding its impact on the South. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1939, John was, unfortunately, a victim of depression and committed suicide at the age of 64.