Richard Eberhart

Richard Ghormley Eberhart (April 5, 1904 – June 9, 2005) was an American poet who published more than a dozen books of poetry and approximately twenty works in total. "Richard Eberhart emerged out of the 1930s as a modern stylist with romantic sensibilities." He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for ''Selected Poems, 1930–1965'' and the 1977 National Book Award for Poetry for ''Collected Poems, 1930–1976''. He was the grandfather of Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington. Provided by Wikipedia