Philip D. Appleman (8 February 1926 – 11 April 2020) was an American poet and writer. He was a Professor Emeritus in the Department of English atIndiana University, Bloomington.
He published seven volumes of poetry, the first of which wasSummer Love and Surf and the latest of which isPerfidious Proverbs (Humanity Books, 2011); three novels, includingApes and Angels (Putnam, 1989); and half a dozen nonfiction books, including the widely usedNorton Critical Edition, Darwin and theNorton Critical Edition of Malthus' Essay on Population. His poetry and fiction have won many awards, including a fellowship in poetry from theNational Endowment for the Arts, the Castagnola Award from thePoetry Society of America, the Friend of Darwin Award from theNational Center for Science Education, and the Humanist Arts Award of theAmerican Humanist Association, and have appeared in scores of publications, includingHarper's Magazine,The Nation,New Republic,New York Times,Paris Review,Partisan Review,Poetry,Sewanee Review, andYale Review.
He has given readings of his poetry at theLibrary of Congress, theGuggenheim Museum, theHuntington Library, and many universities. He read several of his poems on the July 6, 2012, episode ofMoyers & Company.
He was a founding member of the Poets Advisory Committee ofPoets House, New York, a former member of the governing board of thePoetry Society of America, and a member of theAcademy of American Poets,PEN American Center, Friends of Poets & Writers, Inc., and theAuthors Guild of America.
Appleman wrote many poems drawing on the work ofCharles Darwin. In 2003 he signed theHumanist Manifesto.[1]
Appleman died in April 2020 at the age of 94.[2]
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