Condé Benoist Pallen



Condé Benoist Pallen (December 5, 1858 – May 26, 1929) was a Catholic American poet, prose author, and editor.

Life
Pallen was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1858. His father, Montrose A. Pallen, was a physician who was a native of Mississippi. His mother, Anne Benoist Pallen, was a member of an old French family in St. Louis.

He graduated from Georgetown University in 1880 and received a master's degree from Georgetown in 1883 and a Ph.D. from Saint Louis University in 1885.

He was editor of Church Progress and the Catholic World from 1887 to 1897. He was managing editor of the Catholic Encyclopedia from 1904 to 1920. He wrote essays, poetry, and novels.

Pallen died in New York City on May 26, 1929, after suffering from arteriosclerosis. His remains were buried in a family plot at a cemetery in St. Louis.

Recognition
In 1896, Georgetown awarded him an honorary degree, the LL.D.

Publications
His published works included:
 * The Philosophy of Literature (1897)
 * Epochs of Literature (1898)
 * What is Liberalism? (1889)
 * New Rubáiyat (1889), poems
 * The Feast of Thalarchus: A Dramatic Poem (1901)
 * The Death of Sir Lancelot, and Other Poems (1902)
 * The Meaning of the Idylls of the King (1904)
 * Crucible Island (1919)