John Engels
John Engels (January 19, 1931 South Bend, Indiana - June 13, 2007 Vermont) was an American poet.[1]
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Life
He graduated from University of Notre Dame in 1952. After Navy service, he studied at the University College, Dublin, then graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, with an M.F.A. in 1957. He taught at St. Norbert College, and Saint Michael's College, Sweet Briar College, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Middlebury College, and Emory University, and the University of Alabama. In 1995, he was Wyndham Robertson Chair at Hollins College.[2]
His work appeared in Harper's,[3] the New Yorker, [4][5] and many other prestigious journals.
Awards
- 1976 Frost Fellow at Bread Loaf Writers Conference
- 1979 Guggenheim Fellowship [6]
- 1986 National Poetry Series, for Cardinals in the Ice Age
- 1988 Poet in residence at The Frost Place
Works
- "Adam After the Ice Storm", Poetry Foundation
- "Love Poem--Describing the Austere Comfort of the Dream in Which Nothing Is Named", Ploughshares, Spring 1977
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References
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- ↑ "The Life of a Poet: John Engels", Hollins Critic, June 1, 2008, David Huddle
- ↑ http://www.pshares.org/authors/authordetails.cfm?prmAuthorID=450
- ↑ http://www.harpers.org/subjects/JohnEngels
- ↑ http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1982-03-29#folio=121
- ↑ http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1981-04-27#folio=044
- ↑ http://www.gf.org/fellows/4187-john-engels
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- 1931 births
- 2007 deaths
- American male poets
- University of Notre Dame alumni
- Alumni of University College Dublin
- Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni
- St. Norbert College faculty
- Saint Michael's College faculty
- Sweet Briar College faculty
- Randolph-Macon Woman's College faculty
- Middlebury College faculty
- Emory University faculty
- University of Alabama faculty
- Hollins College faculty
- Guggenheim Fellows
- 20th-century American poets
