Robert Frost (March 26, 1874 - January 29, 1963) was one of the most popular American poets of the 20th century. He worked as a shoemaker, teacher, and farmer in New England. His poems draw themes from rural life and have many similarities with poets of the 19th century, but are less modern in comparison. He has won 4 Pulitzer Prizes and many other awards and honors, and is called the "Poet Laureate in American Literature." It was only in the second half of his life that he won public recognition for his poetic works. In the following years, he established an image as a great writer. Representative works: "Selected Poems", "A Witnessing Tree", "In the Mountains", "New Hampshire", "Westward Stream", "Another Pasture", "The Glade" and the poetic dramas "The Mask of Reason" and "The Mask of Mercy" "Complete Poems" and "The Road Not Taken".