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Richard Eberhart

American poet (1904-2005) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 101

Richard Ghormley Eberhart was an American poet who published more than a dozen books of poetry and approximately twenty works in total. "Richard Eberhart emerged out of the 1930s as a modern stylist with romantic sensibilities."

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2005Died9 June 20051986Robert Frost MedalAward1977National Book Award for PoetryAward1969Fellowship of the Academy of American PoetsAward1966Pulitzer Prize for PoetryAward1962Bollingen PrizeAward1959Shelley Memorial AwardAward1904Born5 April 1904

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Robert Frost Medal1986
National Book Award for Poetry1977
Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets1969
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry1966
Bollingen Prize1962
Shelley Memorial Award1959

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He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Selected Poems, 1930-1965 and the 1977 National Book Award for Poetry for Collected Poems, 1930-1976. He was the grandfather of Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington.

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 2005 · aged 101