Richard Eberhart

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

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."[1] He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Selected Poems, 1930–1965[2] and the 1977 National Book Award for Poetry for Collected Poems, 1930–1976.[3] He was the grandfather of Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington.[4]

  1. ^ "Richard Eberhart Biography". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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  4. ^ MacMullan, Jackie (4 November 2011). "New GM Cherington swinging for fences". ESPN. Retrieved 25 September 2013.

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