Richard Eberhart

Richard Ghormley Eberhart (born April 5, 1904 in Austin , Minnesota , † June 9, 2005 in Hanover , New Hampshire ) was an American writer.

Life

Eberhart received his training at various universities. He attended Dartmouth College ( BA ), St. John's College at the University of Cambridge (BA, MA ) and the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences . After his return from England he was appointed private tutor for the son of the Thai king Prajadhipok . He did his military service in World War II . In 1941 he married Helen Elizabeth Butcher. After the war he initially worked in his wife's family business, but from 1952 resumed teaching. He taught a. a. at the University of Washington , Princeton and from 1956 to the mid-1980s at Dartmouth College.

For Selected Poems, 1930–1965 , Eberhart was awarded the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category. In 1960 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and in 1967 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Joel Roache: Richard Eberhart: Progress of an American Poet , Oxford University Press, 1971

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^ List of the 1966 award winners
^ Members: Richard Eberhart. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed February 28, 2019 .
^ American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Book of Members ( PDF ). Retrieved April 2, 2016

personal data
SURNAME	Eberhart, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Eberhart, Richard Ghormley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American writer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 5, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Austin , Minnesota
DATE OF DEATH	June 9, 2005
Place of death	Hanover , New Hampshire