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Wallace Stegner
American historian, writer, and environmentalist
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| Born | Wallace Earle Stegner (1909-02-18)February 18, 1909 Lake Mills, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | April 13, 1993(1993-04-13) (aged 84) Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. |
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| Education | University of Utah (BA) University of Iowa (MA, PhD) |
| Period | 1937–1993 |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1972, Angle of Repose) National Book Award for Fiction (1977, The Spectator Bird) Fulbright Scholar to Greece, 1963 |
| Spouse | Mary Stuart Page (1934–1993) |
| Children | Page 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]
Personal life
Stegner was born in Lake Mills, Iowa, and grew up in Great Falls, Montana; Salt Lake City, Utah; and the village of Eastend, Saskatchewan, which he wrote about i
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Wallace Stegner Biography
Wallace Stegner once said about his writing, "In fiction I think we should have no agenda but to tell the truth." Stegner's prose has inspired generations of Americans to seek their own truth. In The Geography of Hope, A Tribute to Wallace Stegner, written by his friends, colleages, and his son, Page Stegner, we sense a far greater resonance than a mere collection of memorial applause. "It is a book about what one man has taught us, by his example, about the accountable life; a book about what it means to be a responsible, loving, thoughtful, constituent of the human race. That is the only way he would have it."
Wallace Stegner was born on February 18, 1909 in Lake Mills, Iowa. Over a 60 year career he wrote 30 books. Among the novels are, The Big Rock Candy Mountain, 1943; Joe Hill, 1950; All The Little Live Things, 1967 (Commonwealth Club Gold Medal); Angle of Repose, 1972 (Pulitzer Prize); The Spectator Bird, (National Book Award), 1977; Recapitulation, 1979; Collected Stories, 1990, and Crossing to Safety, 198
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The Stegner Story
I took an English class from Wallace Stegner in 1965 during the last quarter of my senior year, when he was on the threshold of his most productive period. I was majoring in European history, and I enrolled in Stegner's course almost as an afterthought. He turned out to be the faculty member who affected me the most. He helped me understand my identity as a Californian and even influenced the way I write about Europe.
Wallace Stegner: His Life and Work, by Jackson J. Benson, '52, (New York, Viking, 1996; $32.95) is the first full-dress biography of Stegner. Benson, who teaches American literature at San Diego State University and is already the author of an award- winning biography of John Steinbeck, '23, produced the book over a 10-year period. During this time, Stegner granted Benson numerous interviews and permitted access to his personal papers.
Benson introduces us to a boy who seems an unlikely fit for the life that follows. Physically weak, burdened by poverty, lacking a permanent home, and coping with an irresponsible father, the boy nevertheless f
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