David Allan Evans

David Allan Evans (born 1940 Sioux City, Iowa) USA is an American poet. From 2002 to 2014, he was the poet laureate of the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1][2][3]

Life

He attended college on a football scholarship and earned degrees from Morningside College, the University of Iowa, and the University of Arkansas with a M.F.A. in creative writing. Since 1968, Evans has taught at South Dakota State University where he is a Professor of English and a Writer-in-Residence. Evans has published five books of poetry.

Awards

He received two grants as a Fulbright Scholar to study in China, and was the first South Dakotan to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1974.

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References
  1. David Allan Evans Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. The Man in the Rendering Room by David Allan Evans Archived 2008-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Betty L. Beer - David Allan Evans, Poet Laureate of South Dakota Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine

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  1. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/david-allan-evans
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