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Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco. His parents were Isabelle Moodie Frost and
William Prescott Frost Jr. In 1879 he attends his first day of kindergarten, and goes home with a nervous stomach.
Because of this, he is homeschooled through second grade. His first published poem was "La Noche Triste", and it was
published in 1890, when Frost was only 16 years old. He attends Dartmouth College but becomes bored with it and drops out
in December of 1892. For the next two years, Robert Frost earns his living as a teacher. In 1895, he begins work
as a reporter for the Daily American and Sentinel. He also marries Elinor White on Decamber 19, 1895. On September
25, 1896, his first son Elliott is born. He will have six children( Elliott, Lesley, Irma,
Marjorie, Elinor Bettina) and unfortunately will outlive four of them. In 1913, "A Boys Will" is
published. His next poerty collection, "Select Poems", is published in March of 1923. In 1924 Robert Frost was awarded
the Pulitzer Prize for New Hampshire. Collected Poems is published November 30, 1930. He is awarded
the Pulitzer Prize for Collected Poems in 1931. In 1936, his book A Further Range is published. In
1937, he wins the Pulitzer Prize for A Further Range. In 1938, his wife Elinor dies of heart failure.
Frost is so distrought he collapses and cannot attend the creamation. In 1942, A Winter Tree is published.
The next year, Frost wins the Pulitzer Prize for it, making him the first person to ever win four Pulitzer Prizes. In
1945, A Masque of Reason is published. In 1947, A Masque of Mercy is published. In 1949, The
Complete Poems of Robert Frost 1949 is published. Robert Forst spends the next ten years fighting various illnesses.
In 1962, In the Clearing is published. In 1963, Robert Frost is awarded the Bollingen Prize for Poetry. On
January 29, 1963, Robert Frost died.
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