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Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29,
1963) is, in the estimation of many, the greatest
American poet of the 20th century and one of the
greatest poets writing in English in the 20th
century. Frost received four Pulitzer Prizes.

Although associated with New England, Frost was
born in San Francisco and lived in California
until he was 11. He grew up as a city boy and
published his first poem in Lawrence,
Massachusetts. He attended Dartmouth College and
Harvard University but did not complete the
degree. Eventually, after purchasing a farm in
Derry, New Hampshire, he became known for his wry
voice that was both rural and personal.

In March, 1894, The Independent published Frost's
poem "My Butterfly: An Elegy", his first
published work which brought him $15. In 1912 he
sold his farm and moved to England to become a
full-time poet. His first book of poetry, A Boy\'s
Will, was published the next year. In England he
made some crucial contacts including T.E. Hulme,
Edward Thomas (a Welsh writer whom Frost persuaded
to turn from prose to poetry), and Ezra Pound, who
was the first American to write a (favourable)
review of Frost\'s work. Frost returned to America
in 1915, bought a farm in Franconia, New Hampshire
and launched a career of writing, teaching and
lecturing. From 1916 to 1938, he was an English
professor at Amherst College.

He recited his work, "The Gift Outright", at the
inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961
and represented the United States on several
official missions.

He also became known for poems that include an
interplay of voices, such as "Death of the Hired
Man". American schoolchildren often memorize his
poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening".
Other highly acclaimed poems include "Mending
Wall", "Birches", "After Apple Picking",
"The Pasture", "Fire and Ice", "The Road Not
Taken", and "Directive".

On his passing on January 29, 1963, Robert Frost
was buried in the Old Bennington Cemetery, in
Bennington, Vermont. Harvard\'s 1965 alumni
directory indicates his having received an
honorary degree. During his later years he spent
summers in Ripton, Vermont and participated in the
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference at Middlebury
College.

During his life, the Robert Frost Middle School in
Rockville, Maryland and the main library of
Amherst College were named after him.


Quotations

    *Half the world is composed of people who
have something to say and can't and the other
half who have nothing to say and keep on saying
it."
    *Something there is that doesn’t love a
wall, that wants it down." - "Mending Wall"
    *A liberal is a man too broadminded to take
his own side in a quarrel."
    * "A diplomat is a man who always remembers a
woman\'s birthday but never remembers her age."