HANOVER, N.H. --Richard Eberhart, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet admired for mentoring generations of aspiring writers, died at his home Thursday after a short illness. He was 101.
Eberhart wrote more than a dozen books of poetry and verse during a career that spanned more than 60 years. He received nearly every major book award that a poet can win, including the Pulitzer, which he received in 1966 for his Selected Poems, 1930-1965.
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Eberhart wrote more than a dozen books of poetry and verse during a career that spanned more than 60 years. He received nearly every major book award that a poet can win, including the Pulitzer, which he received in 1966 for his Selected Poems, 1930-1965.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/06/12/prize_winning_poet_eberhart_dies_at_101/
