- Dan Guenther
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Dan Guenther, born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1944, is an American writer. He is a graduate of Coe College. He has a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He was a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps.[1] His poems and letters from Vietnam, during the Vietnam War, were included in the acclaimed novel, The Stones of Summer, by Dow Mossman, published by Bobbs-Merrill in 1972 and republished by Barnes & Noble in 2003. In 2002, Guenther appeared in the documentary film Stone Reader, by Mark Moskowitz. The film chronicled the director's attempt to revive and get republished the acclaimed book of seemingly vanished author, Dow Mossman, a lifelong friend of Dan Guenther. The revival was successful.
High Country Solitudes (Grand River, 1997) is a book of poetry. He has also published poems in small magazines [1] [2] and anthologies, most recently, Open Range: Poetry of the Reimagined West, Ghost Road Press, (2007).
China Wind, the first novel in the Vietnam trilogy, was originally published in 1990. Dodge City Blues, the second novel in the trilogy, was published in 2007, and has been praised by Veteran Magazine for its realism.[3] The third novel,Townsend's Solitaire, was published in 2008 and has been described by Veteran Magazine as Sam Gatlin's "readjustment blues".
Glossy Black Cockatoos, Guenther's fourth novel, was published in late 2009. It is set in Australia and Asia, among the Hmong. The Colorado Authors' League judged Glossy Black Cockatoos the Best Genre Fiction of 2010.
The Crooked Truth, Dan Guenther's second volume of poetry was the 2011 winner for Poetry book in The Colorado Authors' League open competition.
Contents
Bibliography
- Fiction
- China Wind, (Ivy Books, 1990); Redburn Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1-933704-01-2
- Dodge City Blues, Redburn Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-933704-02-9
- Townsend's Solitaire, Redburn Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-933704-03-6
- Glossy Black Cockatoos, Redburn Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-933704-04-3
- Poetry
- High Country Solitudes, Grand River Press, ISBN 978-0-929290-03-4
- The Crooked Truth, Redburn Press 2010 ISBN 978-1-933704-05-0
- Anthologies containing poetry
- Turning Up The Leaves, Coe Review Press, ISBN 1-889678-06-8
- Open Range: Poetry Of The Reimagined West, Ghost Road Press ISBN 978-0-9789456-6-4
- Co-Edited (with Steve Kennedy)
- A Fish Jumps Out Of the Moon, Xlibris Corporation, ISBN 978-1-4363-9632-5
- Documentary Film Credits
Stone Reader (2002)
Awards
Military Awards and Decorations
Bronze Star with 'V' for Valor (Vietnam 1969)
Combat Action Ribbon
Navy and Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation
Meritorious Unit Commendation
National Defense Service Medal
RVN Vietnam Campaign Medal
RVN Staff Service Medal - 1st Class (Vietnam 1969)
RVN Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm
RVN Civil Action Unit Citation
Vietnam Service Medal (4 campaign stars, Vietnam 1968-70)
References
- ^ a b "Colorado Poets Center : Dan Guenther :". University of Northern Colorado. 1 May 2009. http://colopoets.unco.edu/poets/guenther_dan/index.html. Retrieved 2009-05-07.[dead link]
- ^ "Poetry, Quadrant Magazine". Quadrant Magazine (Balmain, NSW, Australia: Quadrant Magazine Ltd) LII (9). September 2008. ISSN 0033-5002. http://www.quadrant.org.au/magazine/issue/2008/9/. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- ^ Marc Leepson (March–April 2008). "Minimal Damage: Short Fiction That Is Long on Literary Quality". The VVA Veteran (Silver Spring, Maryland, USA: Vietnam Veterans of America). ISSN 1069-0220. http://www.vva.org/veteran/0408/books.html. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
External links
Categories:- American novelists
- 1944 births
- Living people
- American military personnel of the Vietnam War
- American people of the Vietnam War
- Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni
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