David Gewanter
Introduction '''David Gewanter''' is an American poet.
Life He teaches at Georgetown University, and lives in Washington, D. C., with his wife, writer Joy Young, and son James.His work has appeared in ''Ploughshares''.
Awards * 1980: Hopwood Award, University of Michigan* 1989: Eisner Prize, University of California, Berkeley* 1990: Academy of American Poets Prize, University of California, Berkeley* 1994: Levinson Award, Harvard University* 1998: John C. Zacharis First Book Award for ''In the Belly''* 1999: Witter Bynner Fellowship, Library of Congress * 2002: Whiting Award* 2003: James Laughlin Award - finalist for ''The Sleep of Reason''* 2004: Ambassador Book Award for ''Robert Lowell: Collected Poems''* 2004: "Book of the Year" for ''Robert Lowell: Collected Poems''
Works *  "GAG"; "ENGLISH 1"; "SEE SAW"; "CONVULVOLUS, A LULLABY"; "CONDUCT OF OUR LOVES", ''Beltway Poetry Quarterly''*  "Against the Grain", ''Slate''*  "Traffic of Creations", ''Slate'', July 23, 2002* * * * ===Editor===* ===Anthology===* ===''Ploughshares''===* *
Essay *  "Essay: The Problem of Originality", ''Smartish Pace''
References
External links *  "Interview with David Gewanter", ''Library of Congress''* Profile at The Whiting Foundation