Andrew Nelson Lytle (1902-December 12, 1995) was an American poet, dramatist, and professor of literature. Lytle was affiliated with the southern agrarian literary movement along with poets Robert Penn Warren and Allen Tate, who he knew from his time at Vanderbilt University. Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 - September 15, 1989) was an American poet and writer. ... John Orley Allen Tate (November 19, 1899 - February 9, 1979) was an American poet, essayist, and social commentator, and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, 1943 - 1944. ... Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (colloquially known as Vandy) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university in Nashville, Tennessee. ...

His notable work includes Bedford Forrest and his Critter Company (1931), considered the classic biography of American Civil War General Nathan Bedford Forrest The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ... Nathan Bedford Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877), was a Confederate general and perhaps the American Civil Wars most highly regarded cavalry and partisan ranger (guerrilla leader). ...

Lytle served as editor of the Sewanee Review from 1961 to 1973 as a professor at the University of the South. It was during Lytle's tenure that the Review rose in prominence to one of the nation's most prestigious literary magazines. Lytle retired from the university in 1973 and lived in a cabin in nearby Monteagle, Tennessee until his death in 1995. The University of the South The University of the South is located in Sewanee, Tennessee, and is a private, coeducational liberal arts college. ... Monteagle is a town located in Tennessee. ...