Background
Clewell, David was born on February 11, 1955 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of Frank B. and Josephine (Blee) Clewell.
language educator English poet
Clewell, David was born on February 11, 1955 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of Frank B. and Josephine (Blee) Clewell.
Bachelor in English, University of Wisconsin, 1977; Master of Fine Arts in The Writers Program, Washington University, 1982.
From 2010-2012, he served as the Poet Laureate of Missouri. In 1979, he moved to Saint Louis, Missouri and earned an Master of Fine Arts in writing from Washington University. In 1985, Clewell began teaching in the English Department at Webster University.
A year later, he started the Webster University Visiting Writers Series, which he still coordinates.
As an instructor at Webster University, Clewell teaches courses on 19thand 20th-century literature, as well as poetry workshops and seminars. In 2010, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon noted that Clewell "has a unique perspective on contemporary American life and the characters and ideas that loom large in our recent history."
Clewell is the author of 7 poetry collections and his work has appeared in over 50 journals and magazines, including Harper"s, Poetry, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review, The Georgia Review, Ontario Review, New Letters, and Yankee.
He was the poet laureate for the state of Missouri, serving until 2012. He passed the poetic torch to Will Trowbridge.
Married Patricia Dickinson, December 4, 1992. 1 child, Benjamin.