Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966) was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. A brilliant poet, short-story writer, and literary talent, Schwartz contributed “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities” to the first issue of Partisan Review in 1937 and gained instant acclaim. His books include Shenandoah and Other Verse Plays, the works of poetry Genesis, Book One and Summer Knowledge, and the short fiction collections The World is a Wedding and Successful Love, and Other Stories. Schwartz taught at Syracuse, Princeton, and Kenyon College, and received the Bollingen Prize in 1959. He died in 1966.