Pulitzer Prize Biography Winner

Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph, 1915–1938

by Lawrance Thompson

Summary

Lawrance Thompson continues his authorized life of Robert Frost through the years when the poet won wide fame and four Pulitzer Prizes of his own. The volume follows Frost's public ascent alongside private grief and a personality the biographer paints as far darker and more competitive than the genial public image suggested. Thompson's candor reshaped readers' sense of one of America's most beloved poets.

Historical Context & Significance

This middle volume of Thompson's three part biography won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.