author
Donald Evans
1884–1921
A witty, sharp-eyed poet of early 20th-century New York, he moved easily between journalism, criticism, and verse. His work is often noted for its irony, urban feeling, and close ties to the Greenwich Village avant-garde.
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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 for newspapers before becoming associated with the lively artistic circles of Greenwich Village.
Evans published poetry that captured both the style and social world of literary modernism. His writing is remembered for its irony and for its portraits of the people and moods around him, including work connected with the little-magazine culture of the period.
He died in New York on May 26, 1921, at just 36 years old. Even with a short life, he left behind a body of work that offers a vivid glimpse of bohemian literary life in the years just before and after World War I.