David Wagoner

Ronald McFarland (University of Idaho)

Ed. by Nick Selby, University of East Anglia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

Born 5 Jun 1926
Died 18 Dec 2021
Activity 1953-2021

Places

Born in United States
Active in United States

Genres and Modes

Fable

Activities

Primary

Editor
Novelist
Poet
Scholar
Teacher/ Professor

Resources

Wagoner's Works

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With the notable exception of W.S. Merwin, no important poet writing in America today has been more prolific than David Wagoner; moreover, no other poet who might challenge that assertion has demonstrated Wagoner’s mastery of the craft. Born in Massilon, Ohio, in 1926, Wagoner has to date produced eighteen full-length books of poetry, ten novels, at least a dozen uncollected short stories and novellas, several plays, and an edition of Theodore Roethke’s notebooks,

Straw for the Fire

(1972). In 1982 Francis Ford Coppola produced a film based on his novel

The Escape Artist

(1965), featuring Griffin O’Neal, Raul Julia, Desi Arnez, Sr., Terri Garr, and Joan Hackett. Wagoner’s poems have garnered several awards, including an American Academy of Arts and Letters award, the Fels Prize,…

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Citation: McFarland, Ronald . "David Wagoner". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 February 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4570, accessed 21 November 2024.]