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Wallace Stevens

An executive with a Connecticut-based insurance company, modernist poet Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) published his first poems at the age of 44 and wrote many of his major works when he was well into his 50s. A poet of ideas, he explored the nature of reality and the power of the imagination. In 1955 he received a Pulitzer Prize for his Collected Poems.

Personality Profile For Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens

The following is a personality profile of Wallace Stevens based on his work.

Wallace Stevens is shrewd and somewhat insensitive.

He is laid-back, he appreciates a relaxed pace in life. He is calm under pressure as well: he handles unexpected events calmly and effectively. But, Wallace Stevens is also empathetic: he feels what others feel and is compassionate towards them.

More than most people, his choices are driven by a desire for discovery.

Considers helping others to guide a large part of what he does: he thinks it is important to take care of the people around him. He is also relatively unconcerned with tradition: he cares more about making his own path than following what others have done.


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