Poet and critic, MARK VAN DOREN has been connected with the English Department of Columbia University ever since he received his Ph.D. there in 1920. An inspiring teacher, he saves his summers for his writing. He is the author of ten volumes of verse; he has edited the Oxford Book of American Prose and an impressive Anthology of World Poetry; and in 1939 the publication of his Collected Poems brought him the Pulitzer Prize.