David Allan Evans

For other people with the same name, see David Evans (disambiguation).

David Allan Evans (born 1940 Sioux City, Iowa) USA is an American poet. Since 2002, he is 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. He currently teaches English 201.

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.

References

  1. ↑ David Allan Evans
  2. ↑ The Man in the Rendering Room by David Allan Evans
  3. ↑ Betty L. Beer - David Allan Evans, Poet Laureaut of South Dakota

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