John Engels

John Engels (January 19, 1931 - June 13, 2007) was an American poet.

Life
Engels was born in South Bend, Indiana. He graduated from University of Notre Dame in 1952. After Navy service, he studied at the University College, Dublin, then graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, with an M.F.A. in 1957. He taught at St. Norbert College, and Saint Michael's College, Sweet Briar College, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Middlebury College, and Emory University, and the University of Alabama. In 1995, he was Wyndham Robertson Chair at Hollins College.

His work appeared in Harper's, the The New Yorker, and many other prestigious journals.

Awards

 * 1976 Frost Fellow at Bread Loaf Writers Conference
 * 1979 Guggenheim Fellowship
 * 1986 National Poetry Series, for Cardinals in the Ice Age
 * 1988 Poet in residence at The Frost Place