He studied at Harvard, but left to study poetry, criticism, and
        classics under John Crowe Ransom at Kenyon College. During World War 
        II he was a conscientious objector and served five months of a prison 
        sentence. In 1940 he married the writer Jean Stafford, and during
        their turbulent relationship published his first collection--- the
        self-critical autobiographical 'Land of Unlikeness' (1944). His widely
        acclaimed second volume, 'Lord Weary's Castle' (1946), was awarded the
        Pulitzer Prize in 1947, and he was accorded the status of a major
        poet. He divorced in 1948 and married twice more.
 

Source:  (The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia).