Robert Frost (1941)
Born - Robert Lee Frost
March 26, 1874(1874-03-26)
San Francisco, California,
United States
Died - January 29, 1963 (aged 88)
Boston, Massachusetts,
United States
Occupation - Poet, Playwright
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet.
He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command
of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from
rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine
complex social and philosophical themes. A popular and often-quoted poet,
Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime. Robert Frost was born in San
Francisco, California to journalist William Prescott Frost, Jr., and Isabelle Moodie.
Plays
* A Way Out: A One Act Play (Harbor Press, 1929).
* The Cow's in the Corn: A One Act Irish Play in Rhyme (Slide Mountain Press, 1929).
* A Masque of Reason (Holt, 1945).
* A Masque of Mercy (Holt, 1947).
Pulitzer Prizes
* 1924 for New Hampshire: A Poem With Notes and Grace Notes
* 1931 for Collected Poems
* 1937 for A Further Range
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1943 for A Witness Tree
Poems
* After Apple-Picking The Road Not Taken * Acquainted with the Night Nothing Gold Can Stay * The Death of the Hired Man Fire and Ice (1920) * Dedication Mending Wall * Once by the Pacific (1916) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningPoetry collections |
* North of Boston (David Nutt, 1914; Holt, 1914)
* Mending Wall
* Mountain Interval (Holt, 1916)
* West-Running Brook (Holt, 1928? 1929)
* Collected Poems of Robert Frost (Holt, 1939; Longmans, Green, 1939)
* Nothing Gold Can Stay
Biography
Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California to journalist William Prescott Frost, Jr., and...