Born in Austin, Minnesota, and a graduate of Dartmouth (1926) and
Cambridge (1929), Richard Eberhart’s poetry is noted for its simplicity
and directness. Perhaps his most frequent theme is that of the loss of
innocence and spontaneity. Among his volumes of poetry are A Bravery of Earth (1930), Undercliff (1953), Shifts
of Being (1968), Collected Poems,
1930-1976 (1976), and New and Selected
Poems: 1930-1990 (1990). His Collected
Verse Plays was published in 1962. See study by Ralph J. Mills,
Jr. (1966).
