Philip F. Deaver
American writer (1946–2018)
Philip F. Deaver (August 14, 1946 – April 29, 2018) was an American writer and poet from Tuscola, Illinois. His work appeared in literary magazines, including the New England Review, Kenyon Review, Frostproof Review, Florida Review, Poetry Miscellany, and The Reaper.
He was a professor of English and permanent writer-in-residence at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida; he retired for health reasons. He also lectured at Spalding University's limited residency Master of Fine Arts program.
Life
Deaver was born in Chicago, and grew up in Tuscola, Illinois. He attended St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana, where he majored in English literature.
Deaver married in 1968, and taught in 1968–69 at St. Francis High School, Wheaton, Illinois. In the summer of 1969, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and stationed in Frankfurt, Germany.
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