Frederick Von Guerin

Frederick Von Guerin1 (1962- ) is a Member of the Free Mountain Boys Poetic Society at the University of Montana, who graduated full honors in 1984. After teaching in Great Britain for three years, he returned to Billings, Montana to start his own poetic works.

He suffered droughts of depression during much of the first year after his wife was killed by a drunk driver who was German while vacationing in Egypt. He often kept pictures of his three daughters who were cheerleaders in high school before becoming politicians. He only published one book, "And Then There Were two." Which won many prestigious awards, including the great "Tackett" Award. This work included the poem, "Life, What a Waste," "Emergency Diode," and perhaps his most famous poem, "Carpet in 517." After publishing this collection, Von Guerin quit the poetry business in order to move to Australia to help his son start a carpentry business. He currently resides there, refusing to accept the Nobel Prize for his 1987 works. He currently works in carpentry making boomarangs, in addition to training tourists to Alpine-ski.