Ken Brewer
Kenneth Wayne Brewer (November 28, 1941 – March 15, 2006) was an American
poet and longtime scholar who resided in
Utah, where he served as
Poet Laureate. Born in
Indianapolis, Indiana, he attended Butler University and
Western New Mexico University in the 1960s, then earned a master's degree in
English literature from
New Mexico State University, followed by a
Ph.D. from the
University of Utah, where he worked with
Pulitzer Prize winner
Henry Taylor, in 1973. Since that time he taught a wide variety of courses at
Utah State University, concentrating on mentoring creative writers at the graduate level, while publishing prolifically and speaking extensively. He died after a nine-month battle with
pancreatic cancer.
Provided by Wikipedia
-
1
-
2