Which poet is older, Robert Frost or Paul Scott?
Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost (March26, 1874January29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America's rare "public literary figures, almost an artistic institution." He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. On July 22, 1961, Frost was named poet laureate of Vermont.
Paul Russell (novelist) Paul Russell is an American novelist, poet and short story writer. He is a two-time winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT fiction, in 2000 for "The Coming Storm" and in 2012 for "The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov". "The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov" is a fictionalized portrayal of a real person, the gay younger brother of Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov, about whom very little concrete biographical information is known.