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Donald Evans

1884–1921

A bohemian poet, publisher, and critic from early 20th-century America, he moved through Philadelphia and Greenwich Village literary circles with wit and a taste for the unconventional. His work is often noted for its irony and its blend of decadent style with modern urban energy.

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Sonnets from the Patagonian

Sonnets from the Patagonian

by Donald Evans

About the author

Born in Philadelphia on July 24, 1884, Donald Evans was an American poet, publisher, music critic, and journalist. He studied at Haverford College and worked in newspapers from 1904 to 1915 before becoming associated with the avant-garde world of Greenwich Village.

Evans is remembered not only for his poems but also for the literary life he built around them. He founded and ran the Claire Marie Press, which published work with a deliberately offbeat, adventurous spirit, and his writing has been described as mixing irony, bohemian self-expression, and the lingering influence of 1890s aestheticism.

He enlisted in World War I in May 1917 and served as a sergeant. Evans died on May 26, 1921, at just 36, leaving behind a small but distinctive body of work and the reputation of a lively, unconventional figure in American letters.