{"id":248227,"date":"2022-05-02T09:54:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T14:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=248227"},"modified":"2022-05-03T09:38:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T14:38:51","slug":"north-dakota-poet-laureate-larry-woiwode-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=248227","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota Poet Laureate Larry Woiwode, passes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>North Dakota poet laureate Larry Woiwode’s family reported on Facebook that he has passed away.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A post on Ruth Woiwode’s Facebook page said her father passed away on Thursday, April 28, at 80 years old, after a brief illness.<\/p>\n

The statement said, “Larry deeply loved North Dakota and was honored every day of the last 27 years to serve as its Poet Laureate. He touched innumerable lives through his writing, teaching, humor, and convictions. He was a beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, and great-grandfather.”<\/p>\n

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A service is scheduled at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, at New Hope Free Lutheran Church in Jamestown. A public memorial service will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

Woiwode was the 1992 recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award, the state\u2019s highest citizen honor.<\/p>\n

Gov. Doug Burgum released the following statement on Sunday on Woiwode\u2019s passing:<\/p>\n

\u201cLarry Woiwode inspired and mentored countless writers during his long and distinguished career. Through it all, he always remembered his North Dakota roots, from serving as our state\u2019s poet laureate since 1995 to conducting many classes and workshops for aspiring writers in his home state,\u201d Burgum said. \u201cHis award-winning work earned widespread praise and instilled immense pride in his fellow North Dakotans. Kathryn and I extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and all who found joy and inspiration in his writing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woiwode was born in 1941 in Carrington, near his hometown of Sykeston. In 1950, his family moved to Illinois. His writing career began in New York City and by 1966 he was publishing stories and poetry in The New Yorker. His work also appeared in The Atlantic, Esquire, Harper’s, and The Paris Review.<\/p>\n

Woiwode\u2019s novels included \u201cWhat I’m Going To Do,\u201d \u201cI Think,\u201d (1969), \u201cBeyond the Bedroom Wall\u201d (1975) and \u201cBorn Brothers\u201d (1988), besides books of short stories, poetry and nonfiction. He was a Guggenheim Fellow, a John Dos Passos Prize winner, a recipient of the William Faulkner Foundation Award, and the Medal of Merit from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He also was a finalist for both the Book Critics Circle and the National Book Awards, and appeared in four volumes of Best American Short Stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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