About
Robert Frost is one of the most celebrated American poets of the 20th century. Born in San Francisco, he grew up in Massachusetts after his father's death. He attended Dartmouth and Harvard without earning a degree. He published his first collections in England, where he gained literary fame. He won four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry, a record. He taught at several universities, including Amherst and Harvard, and co-founded the Bread Loaf School of English. He read his poem 'The Gift Outright' at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. His poems, often set in rural New England, explore universal themes with great technical skill.
* 1874-03-26 — † 1963-01-28
Major works
- A Boy's Will (1913)poetry collection
- North of Boston (1914)poetry collection
- New Hampshire (1923)poetry collection
- A Further Range (1936)poetry collection
- A Witness Tree (1942)poetry collection
Key milestones
- 1913Publication of his first collection, A Boy's Will, in London.
- 1924Wins his first Pulitzer Prize for New Hampshire.
- 1961Reads his poem 'The Gift Outright' at John F. Kennedy's inauguration.
Themes
Nature and rural lifeChoice and destinyIsolation and communityTime and mortalityTradition and modernity
Sources: loc.gov · anb.org · poetryfoundation.org
