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Allan Davis Winans (born 12 January 1936 in San Francisco, California), known as A. D. Winans, is an American poet, essayist, and short story writer. Born in San Francisco, California, he returned home from Panama in 1958, after serving three years in the military. He made his home away from home in North Beach where he became friends with Beat poets like Bob Kaufman and Jack Micheline. He edited Second Coming Magazine for seventeen years and became friends with Charles Bukowski. In 1962 He graduated from San Francisco State University

Winans has had poetry, book reviews, and short stories published in over 1,500 magazines and anthologies. He has written 50 books of poetry, and two books of prose.

A song poem of his was performed at Tully Hall, NYC. In 2006 he was awarded a PEN National Josephine Miles Award for excellence in literature. In 2009 PEN Oakland presented him with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

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