Robert Frost was an American POET who is widely regarded as one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. He was born in San Francisco in 1874 and is best known for his poems that explore the beauty of nature and rural life. His works often contain themes of sadness, loss, and death. He won four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960. He died in 1963 at the age of 88.