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John Engman, modern American poet notable for his wry humor, pathos and free verse.

Poetry publications include a chapbook, Keeping Still, Mountain Italic text(1983) and Temporary Help Italic text(1998). Educational background includes Augsburg College in Minnesota (1971) and The University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop at Iowa City.

Engman taught creative writing at St. Olaf College and The Loft Literary Center. He served as Writer-in-Residence and an adjunct faculty member for the English Department at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus. He was a Loft Mcknight Award winner and 1998 Minnesota Book Award Nominee.

John Engman died on December 10, 1996, of a congenital cerebral aneurysm in his Minneapolis home. He was 47. He is remembered with the John Engman Memorial Poetry Scholarship at the Loft Literary Center and the John Engman Writing Prize at Augsburg College.