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Robert Frost biography :
Named after the famed Confederate General during the American Civil
War, Robert Lee Frost is considered as one of America’s best 20th
century bards. This four-time Pulitzer Prize winner was born on 26 May
1874 in San Francisco, California to Isabelle Moodie and William
Prescott Frost Jr.
Although Robert Frost seemed to have trouble staying in school in his
youth, his intelligence gradually shone through. In 1888, Robert Frost
passed and entered Lawrence High School’s “Classical” (college prep)
program. A year later, he finished the school year at the top of his
class. In 1890, “La Noche Triste” Robert Frost’s first poem was
printed in the Lawrence High School Bulletin. His second poem, “The
Song of the Wave” was printed within a month’s time.
In 1895, Robert Frost finally married his long-time sweetheart, Elinor
Miriam White. He and his wife lived in a farm in New Hampshire and for
almost a decade, Robert Frost wrote poems and taught at Derry’s
Pinkerton Academy.
In 1912, Robert Frost and his family moved to England so he could
focus all his attention to writing. His gamble paid off as his work
was immediately recognised. “A Boy’s Will”, a collection of Frost’s
poems was published by London firm David Nutt and Company. His book
“North of Boston” was his first book that was published in the United
States.
Robert Frost returned to the United States in 1915 and settled in
Franconia, New Hampshire. He continued to write poems and published
his third book, “Mountain Interval” in 1916. He received his first
Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1923, for New Hampshire. He received
three more Pulitzer awards in the years 1930 (Collected Poems), 1936
(A Further Range), and 1942 (Witness Tree).
In 07 January 1963, Frost suffered an embolism, and passed away a few
minutes after midnight 22 days later. His ashes are interred in Old
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