David Romtvedt
Encyclopedia
Life
He graduated from Reed CollegeReed College
Reed College is a private, independent, liberal arts college located in southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus located in Portland's Eastmoreland neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor-Gothic style, and a forested canyon wilderness...
, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Iowa Writers' Workshop
The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a highly regarded graduate-level creative writing program in the United States...
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He teaches at University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...
. He lives in Buffalo, Wyoming
Buffalo, Wyoming
Buffalo is a city in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 3,900 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Johnson County...
, with his wife, the potter Margo Brown.
His work appears in The Sun Magazine, Prairie Schooner, Missouri Review,
He is a founder and current board member of Worlds of Music. Romtvedt plays button accordion with the band, The Fireants. They have recorded three CDs, Bury my Clothes, Ants on Ice and It's Hot. The band plays Latin and Cajun/Zydeco music as well as original music that David Romtvedt has written.
Awards
- 1991 National Poetry SeriesNational Poetry SeriesThe National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program.Every year since 1979 it has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry...
, for A Flower Whose Name I Do Not Know - Pushcart Prize
- two National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Fellowships - Wyoming Arts Council literature fellowship
- Wyoming Governor's Arts Award.
Works
- Letters from Mexico (1988). Missoula, MT: Kutenai Press. ISBN: (?). Co-author Pat Weyer.
- Moon: Poems (1984). St. Paul, MN: Bieler Press. ISBN 0931460166. Illustrated by R W Scholes.