Larry Woiwode

Larry Woiwode
Larry Woiwode, Poet Laureate of North Dakota, in the Badlands of Western North Dakota.
Woiwode in Western North Dakota
Born(1941-10-30)October 30, 1941
Carrington, North Dakota, U.S.
DiedApril 28, 2022(2022-04-28) (aged 80)
Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • poet
  • professor
LanguageEnglish
Notable works
  • What I'm Going to Do, I Think
  • Beyond the Bedroom Wall

Larry Alfred Woiwode (October 30, 1941 – April 28, 2022) was an American writer from North Dakota, where he was the state's Poet Laureate from 1995 until his death. His work appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, Harpers, Gentleman's Quarterly, The Partisan Review and The Paris Review.[1] He was the author of five novels; two collections of short stories; a commentary titled "Acts"; a biography of the Gold Seal founder and entrepreneur, Harold Schafer, Aristocrat of the West; a book of poetry, Even Tide; and reviews and essays and essay-reviews that appeared in dozens of publications, including The New York Times and The Washington Post Book World. He received North Dakota's highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award, in 1992.[2]

  1. ^ Johnson, Peter (March 2005). "Nourishing the spirit of writing". Dimensions. University of North Dakota.
  2. ^ "Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award. Larry Woiwode". North Dakota – Office of the Governor. n.d. Retrieved 31 December 2022.