Biography of david wojahne

American poet (born 1953)

David Wojahn (born 1953, in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a contemporary American poet who is a Professional Emeritus in the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, and in the low residency MFA in Writing program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

He has been the director of Virginia Commonwealth University's Creative Writing Program.

Career

He was educated at the University of Minnesota and the University of Arizona.

Wojahn taught for many years at Indiana University.

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He has also taught at University of Alabama, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University of Chicago, University of Houston, and University of New Orleans. In 2003, he joined Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

He also teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Poetry

Much of Wojahn's poetry is metrical although he also works in free verse, usually addressing political and social issues in American life. He often takes as hi