Wallace Stegner

Wallace Stegner
Stegner c. 1969
Stegner c. 1969
BornWallace Earle Stegner
(1909-02-18)February 18, 1909
Lake Mills, Iowa, U.S.
DiedApril 13, 1993(1993-04-13) (aged 84)
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
Occupation
EducationUniversity of Utah (BA)
University of Iowa (MA, PhD)
Period1937–1993
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Fiction
(1972, Angle of Repose)
National Book Award for Fiction
(1977, The Spectator Bird)
Fulbright Scholar to Greece, 1963
SpouseMary Stuart Page (1934–1993)
ChildrenPage Stegner

Wallace Earle Stegner (February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993) was an American novelist, writer, environmentalist, and historian. He was often called "The Dean of Western Writers".[1] He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972[2] and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977.[3]

  1. ^ Evelyn Boswell (October 5, 2006). "New Stegner professor to hit the ground running". Montana State University News Service. Archived from the original on August 20, 2007. Retrieved September 9, 2007.
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