Joel Nelson
Cowboy poet

Joel Nelson

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Cowboy poet
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
Is:
Poet
Work field:
Literature
Birth:
1945
The details
Biography

Joel Nelson reciting a poem at the 25th anniversary of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in 2009.

Joel Nelson is a cowboy poet.

He is a recipient of a 2009 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.