| David Lane Wright Included in 75 Significant Mormon Poets View Works by this Person | |
| Also Known As | David L. Wright |
| Birth Date | 1929 |
| Death Date | 1967 |
| Birth Place | Bennington, Idaho |
| Education | Utah State Univ. |
| Career | Taught elementary school and high school English, served as a major in in the U.S. Air Force in Viet Nam. His play, Still the Mountain Wind has been performed many times. He died of a heart attack in 1967 at age 38, leaving a number of unpublished novels, poems, and plays, many about Mormon life in southern Idaho. |
| Other Biographical Information | See the biographical essays on Wright's life and works by James Miller, Bruce Jorgensen, and Norman Mecham |
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