Robert Frost
Robert
Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. He
was a noted and critically respected American Poet of 20th Century.
Majority of his work had been published in England as well as America.
He is still known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his
command over colloquial speech. In the early twentieth century, most of
his work revolved around rural life in New England which he used to
examine complex social and philosophical themes.
Childhood
Robert
Frost was born to journalist father William Prescott Frost, Jr. and
mother Isabelle Moodie. After William’s death in May 1885, the family
moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Education
In
1982, Robert Frost graduated from Lawrence High School. Frost's mother
joined the Swedenborgian church and had him baptized in it, but he left
it as an adult. Frost grew up in the city, and he published his first
poem in his high school's magazine.
Career
In
1894 he sold his first poem, "My Butterfly An Elegy" to the New York
Independent for $15. From 1906 to 1911, he joined New Hampshire's
Pinkerton Academy as an English teacher and later joined New Hampshire
Normal School in Plymouth, New Hampshire. In 1912, Frost sailed with his
family to Great Britain, in a small town outside London. In 1913 his
first book of poetry “A Boy's Will” got published and “North of Boston”
in 1914.
With
the start of World War I, Robert Frost returned to America in 1915 and
settled in New Hampshire. From 1916 onwards he joined Amherst College in
Massachusetts as a teacher in English and became active in writing
career. His noted work “West Running Brook”, “The Gold Hesperidee”,
“From Snow to Snow” and much more came during this period.
Awards and Honors
Robert
Frost received his first Pulitzer Prize in 1924 for “New Hampshire”,
followed by in 1931 for Collected Poems, in 1937 for “A Further Range”
and in 1943 for “A Witness Tree”. In 1960, he received the United States
Congressional Gold Medal for "In recognition of his poetry” which
enabled the culture of the United States and the philosophy of the
world.
At the End
He
became one of America's rare "public literary figures, almost an
artistic institution. On 29th January, 1963, he died in Boston, of
complications from prostate surgery. He was buried at the Old Bennington
Cemetery in Bennington, Vermont.
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