Jack Elliott Myers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJack Elliott Myers
American writer
Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1941
Place of Birth: Lynn, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 23-Nov-2009
Profession: poet
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Jack Elliott Myers
- Jack Elliott Myers (November 29, 1941 – November 23, 2009), was an American poet and educator.
- He was Texas Poet Laureate in 2003, and served on the faculty of Southern Methodist University in Dallas for more than 30 years.
- He was director of creative writing at SMU from 2001 through 2009.
- Myers co-founded The Writer's Garret, a nonprofit literary center in Dallas, with his wife, Thea Temple.
- He published numerous books of and about poetry, and served as a mentor for aspiring writers at SMU and as part of the writers' community and mentoring project of The Writer's Garret.
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