Richard Eberhart

Richard Ghormley Eberhart (April 5, 1904 – June 9, 2005) 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." 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.

Richard Eberhart
BornRichard Ghormley Eberhart
(1904-04-05)April 5, 1904
Austin, Minnesota, USA
DiedJune 9, 2005(2005-06-09) (aged 101)
Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
Dartmouth College
St John's College, Cambridge
Harvard University
Notable awardsNational Book Award
1977
Pulitzer Prize
1966
SpouseHelen Butcher (m. 1941)
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