Silent Snow, Secret Snow By Conrad Aiken You need an active subscription to view this contentYou should really subscribe now!Or login if you already have a subscription. Share — Issue: Autumn 1932 / Volume 8/4 Published: March 31, 2010 Conrad Aiken Conrad Aiken (1869-1973) was born in Savannah, Georgia. He received the 1954 National Book Award in poetry for Collected Poems (Oxford University Press) and served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1950 to 1952.