biography
| name: |
Eberhart, Richard (Ghormley)
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pronunciation:
[ayberhah(r)t]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1904– )
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| biography:
| Poet and teacher, born in Austin, Minnesota, USA. He studied at the universities of Minnesota, Dartmouth, Cambridge, England and Harvard, then worked as a teacher (1933–41) and, after service in World War 2, for a family business (1946–52). He taught at Dartmouth (1956–70), and was a consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress (1959–61). His books of poetry include Undercliff (1953), Selected Poems, 1930–1965 (1965, Pulitzer), and Shifts of Being (1968). Later works include Fields of Grace (1972), Throwing Yourself Away (1984), and New and Collected Poems (1990), and he also published Collected Verse Plays (1962). |
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