John Engman
John Engman (1949–1996) was an American poet from Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]
He published several books of poems, most notably Keeping Still, Mountain (Galileo Press, 1984)[2] and Temporary Help: Poems (1998).[3] He has five poems included in the anthology New American Poets of the 90s (1991): "Mushroom Clouds," "Atlantis," "Another Word for Blue," "Staff," and "One Minute of Night Sky."[4]
He received a Loft-McKnight Writers Award in 1983 and taught courses at the University of Minnesota and St. Olaf College.[5] A writing prize is awarded annually in his memory by his alma mater, Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN.
Engman died at age 47 of a brain aneurysm. His obituary in the Minneapolis Star Tribune called him "an important poetic and literary voice in the Twin Cities, using as a major theme 'the wry predicament of the quickly aging youth in a foreboding adult world.'"[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "John Engman," Minnesota Writes: Poetry. Ed. Jim Moore and Cary Waterman (Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1987), 73. Print.
- ^ Engman, John (1983). Keeping Still, Mountain: Poems. Galileo Press. ISBN 0-913123-00-5.
- ^ Engman, John (1998). Temporary Help: Poems. Holy Cow! Press. ISBN 0-930100-82-4.
- ^ Myers, Jack; Weingarten, Roger (1991). New American Poets of the 90's. D.R. Godine. ISBN 0-87923-892-5.
- ^ a b "John Engman, `darkly humorous' writer, dies at 47," Minneapolis Star Tribune (13 December 1996): n.p.
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