Dean Young

Dean Young (1955 – 2022) was an American poet who was Texas poet laureate and William Livingston Chair of Poetry at the University of Texas. He published numerous collections of poetry as well as critical work. Strike Anywhere (University Press of Colorado, 1995) won the Colorado Prize for Poetry and Elegy on Toy Piano (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His most recent collection is Solar Perplexus (Copper Canyon Press, 2019).