Ted Deppe

{{short description|American poet}}

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|name=Ted Deppe

|birth_name=Theodore Deppe

|birth_place=Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.

|occupation={{flatlist|

• Poet
• professor

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|nationality=American

|education=Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA)

|spouse=Annie Deppe

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Theodore "Ted" Deppe (born in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American poet and professor, author of books of poetry. His most well-known collection is Orpheus on the Red Line (Tupelo Press, 2009), and he has had his poems published in many literary journals and magazines including The Kenyon Review, Harper’s Magazine, Poetry, The Southern Review, Ploughshares,{{Cite web|url=http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?authorID=1793|title = Read by Author | Ploughshares}} and Poetry Ireland Review. He was the Director of the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing’s Stonecoast in Ireland program.

He worked previously as a nurse for more than two decades in coronary care units and psychiatric hospitals. He received an M.F.A. from Vermont College of Fine Arts[https://www.poetryspeaks.com/index.php?option=com_poet&task=detail&id=PDB1680&Itemid=68 Poetry Speaks: Voices > Ted Deppe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102180157/https://www.poetryspeaks.com/index.php?option=com_poet&task=detail&id=PDB1680&Itemid=68 |date=2011-01-02 }} and has taught creative writing in graduate programs in the U.S., Ireland, and England. He was raised in Indiana.[http://www.tupelopress.org/authors/deppe Author Page: Tupelo Press > Ted Deppe Author Bio][http://usm.maine.edu/stonecoastmfa/faculty/poetry.html University of Southern Maine > Stonecoast MFA in Writing > Faculty in Poetry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614232532/http://www.usm.maine.edu/stonecoastmfa/faculty/poetry.html |date=2006-06-14 }} He and his wife, poet Annie Deppe, lived in Ireland from 2000 to 2003, and returned in July 2006 so Ted could direct the then new Stonecoast in Ireland program.[http://usm.maine.edu/stonecoastmfa/faculty/deppe.html Faculty Bio: University of Southern Maine > Stonecoast MFA in Writing > Faculty > Ted Deppe Bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907034824/http://www.usm.maine.edu/stonecoastmfa/faculty/deppe.html |date=2006-09-07 }}