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David Romtvedt

b. 1950

American poet, musician

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About David Romtvedt

Born 1950. David Romtvedt is a poet.

David Romtvedt is an American poet.

Life He graduated from Reed College, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He teaches at University of Wyoming. He lives in Buffalo, Wyoming, with his wife, the potter Margo Brown. His daughter, Caitlin Belem, plays Brazilian and Latin music with the band Maracuja.

His work has appeared in The Sun Magazine, The American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, The Missouri Review, and the Basque cultural review Erle.

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 Series, for A Flower Whose Name I Do Not Know Pushcart Prize two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships Wyoming Arts Council literature fellowship Wyoming Governor's Arts Award.

Works Dilemmas of the Angels. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. 2017. Zelestina Urza in Outer Space. Reno, NV: Center for Basque Studies. University of Nevada. 2015. . Buffalotarrak. Reno, NV: Center for Basque Studies. University of Nevada. 2011. .

. Illustrated by Pat Weyer.

Moon: Poems (1984). St. Paul, MN: Bieler Press. . Illustrated by R W Scholes.

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Reed College
Positions held
Wyoming Poet Laureate

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Who is David Romtvedt?

American poet, musician

When was David Romtvedt born?

David Romtvedt was born on 7 June 1950.

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David Romtvedt is a poet.

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