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This Charles Town native became interested in writing after a brief bout of blindness at age 17. His first poem was published in Harper’s Weekly in 1912.
He attended Princeton University, where he was classmates with F. Scott Fitzgerald. After serving in World War I, Bishop worked at Vanity Fair magazine and later spent several years living in France with his wife.
Bishop was known for his poetry, essays, and reviews, especially between 1933 and 1940. His best-known book, Many Thousands Gone (1931), is a collection of stories set in a fictional version of his native town. The title story won the Scribner’s Prize.
