David Allan Evans
David Allan Evans is an American poet. From 2002 to 2014, he was the poet laureate of the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Life
He attended college on a football scholarship and earned degrees from Morningside College, the University of Iowa, and the University of Arkansas with a M.F.A. in creative writing.Since 1968, Evans has taught at South Dakota State University where he is a Professor of English and a Writer-in-Residence. Evans has published five books of poetry.