Norman Maclean | |
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![]() Maclean in 1970 | |
Born | Clarinda, Iowa, U.S. | December 23, 1902
Died | August 2, 1990 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 87)
Occupation | Author Professor of English literature |
Education | Dartmouth College (BA) University of Chicago (MA, PhD) |
Genre | Nature, fishing, outdoors, biography |
Notable works | A River Runs Through It (1976) Young Men and Fire (1992) |
Spouse | Jessie Burns (1925–1968) |
Children | 2, including John Maclean |
Parents | John Maclean (father) |
Norman Fitzroy Maclean (December 23, 1902 – August 2, 1990) was an American professor at the University of Chicago who, following his retirement, became a major figure in American literature. Maclean is best known for his Hemingwayesque writing, his collection of novellas A River Runs Through It and Other Stories (1976), and the creative nonfiction book Young Men and Fire (1992).[1]