10 Questions
Where was Robert Frost born?
San Francisco
How many Pulitzer Prizes did Robert Frost win?
Four
What was Robert Frost's occupation?
Teacher
In what year did Robert Frost marry Elinor Miriam White?
1895
Where are Robert Frost's working manuscripts held?
Dartmouth College
What was Robert Frost's mother's cause of death?
Cancer
How many honorary degrees did Robert Frost receive?
40
In what year was Robert Frost named poet laureate of Vermont?
1961
Where is Robert Frost's collection of materials held?
The Jones Library in Amherst, Massachusetts
What event did Robert Frost perform a reading at in 1961?
The inauguration of John F. Kennedy
Study Notes
- Robert Frost was an American poet known for his realistic depictions of rural life in New England.
- Frost was born in San Francisco in 1874 to journalist William Prescott Frost Jr. and Isabelle Moodie.
- Frost's first poem was published in his high school's magazine and he sold his first poem for $15 in 1894.
- Frost married Elinor Miriam White in 1895 and they had six children together.
- Frost won four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry and was named poet laureate of Vermont in 1961.
- Frost taught at various schools and universities, including Amherst College and the Bread Loaf School of English.
- Frost spent winters in Florida and owned properties in South Miami and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Frost received over 40 honorary degrees, including from Princeton, Oxford, and Cambridge universities.
- Frost performed a reading at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961 and died in 1963 at the age of 88.
- Frost's collection of materials is held in the Special Collections department of the Jones Library in Amherst, Massachusetts.
- Robert Frost was an American poet.
- He was born in 1874 and died in 1963.
- He received four Pulitzer Prizes for his poetry.
- Frost's working manuscripts are held by Dartmouth.
- His personal life was plagued by grief and loss.
- Frost's father died of tuberculosis when he was 11.
- His mother died of cancer in 1900.
- Mental illness ran in Frost's family.
- Frost had six children, but only two outlived him.
- His wife, Elinor, died of heart failure in 1938.
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