poet and critic; b. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, graduated from University of Wisconsin in 1923; His poetry often took a dramatic structure and was preoccupied with the harsh realities of contemporary life. He published several volumes of poetry, including Chelsea Rooming House (1930), Poems, 1930¿1940 (1941), and Another Look (1976). Alos a noted critic, Gregory was the author of Pilgrim of the Apocalypse (1933), a study of D. H. Lawrence; The Shield of Achilles (1944), essays on poetry; A History of American Poetry, 1900¿1940 (1946), written with his wife, the poet Marya Zaturenska; The Dying Gladiators (1961), essays; and Dorothy Richardson: An Adventure in Self-Discovery (1967). He also made translations of the poems of Catullus and of Ovid's Metamorphoses. 

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[Source: The Chronology of American Literature, ed. Daniel S. Burt (2004)]