Wallace Stegner

@Author, Family and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wallace Stegner acclaimed American novelist and short story writer Car Accident Iowa Environmentalists American Writers Novelists Short Story Writers Aquarius Celebrities Perhaps no other American writer has earned as many literary awards as Wallace Stegner, who is revered as one of Americas most acclaimed writers. In a writing career that spanned more than 50 years, this Pulitzer Prize winning writer has produced over 24 novels, historical works and collections of stories and essays. His writing essentially celebrated the American West, detailed the fragility of the environment and also highlighted racial prejudice. Apart from a successful writing career, Stegner has enjoyed a long career in teaching both creative writing and literature. He has taught at the University of Utah, the University of Wisconsin, Harvard University and Stanford University. He founded the creative writing program at the Stanford University. After his death, the creative writing fellowship, Stegner Fellowship was created in his honour and memory. Some of his well-known works include, 'The Big Rock Candy Mountain', 'Angle of Repose', 'All the Little Live Things', 'The Spectator Bird', 'The American West as Living Space', ' Discovery! The Search for Arabian Oil' and 'The City of the Living: And Other Stories'.

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Birthday: February 18, 1909 Died on: April 13, 1993 Nationality: American Famous: Author, Environmentalists, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers Ideologies: Environmentalists City/State: Iowa Spouses: Mary Stuart Page Information Detail Birthday February 18, 1909 Died on April 13, 1993 Nationality American Famous Author, Environmentalists, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers Ideologies Environmentalists City/State Iowa Spouses Mary Stuart Page Known as Wallace Earle Stegner Childrens Page Stegner Universities Iowa Writers' Workshop University of Iowa University of Utah Founder / Co-Founder Committee for Green Foothills Cause of death Car Accident Birth Place Lake Mills Gender Male Father George Stegner Mother Hilda Sun Sign Aquarius Born in Lake Mills Famous as Author Died at Age 84

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Wallace Stegner born at Unsplash Birth Place

In 1934, he married Mary Stuart Page. His son, Page Stegner is also a writer. Unsplash Personal Life

He died on April 13, 1993 at the age of 84, at Santa Fe, New Mexico, from a car accident in the previous month. Unsplash Personal Life

In 2010, the University of Utah Press came out with the Stegner Prize in Environmental or American Western History. This was created in his honour. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born as Wallace Earle Stegner in Lake Mills, Iowa, USA, to the couple, George Stegner and Hilds Paulson. He was mainly raised in Great Falls, Montana; Salt Lake City, Utah and Eastend, Saskatchewan. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In Utah, he was part of the Boy Scout troop at an LDS Church. He later obtained a B.A from the University of Utah in 1930. Subsequently, he obtained a masters and a doctorate degree from the University of Iowa. He also attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1937, he published the novel, ‘Remembering Laughter', which originally won a Novelette Contest that was sponsored by the publisher. This was his first published work in a magazine named, ‘Redbook’. Unsplash Career

In 1938, he came out with the short story, ‘Bugle Song'. The same year, he published his novella titled, ‘The Potter's House'. In later years, he came out with the novels, ‘On a Darkling Plain' and 'Fire and Ice '. Unsplash Career

In 1942, he came out with the short story, ‘Chip Off the Old Block'. The following year, he published his semi-autobiographical novel, ‘The Big Rock Candy Mountain', the non-fiction piece, ‘Mormon Country’ and the short story, 'Hostage'. Unsplash Career

Published in 1947, his novel, 'Second Growth' revolves around a group of unsociable natives who get involved with the people from a New England village. Unsplash Career

In 1950, he came out with the novel, 'The Preacher and the Slave'. In later years, he came out with 'The City of the Living: And Other Stories', 'One Nation' and ‘Wolf Willow: A History, a Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains Frontier'. Unsplash Career

His novel, ‘Angle of Repose' was voted as the best 20th century novel by the 'San Francisco Chronicle'. The ‘Modern Library’ ranked this book to be 82nd on the list of ‘100 best English-language novels of the 20th century'. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	February 18, 1909
Died on	April 13, 1993
Nationality	American
Famous	Author, Environmentalists, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers
Ideologies	Environmentalists
City/State	Iowa
Spouses	Mary Stuart Page
Known as	Wallace Earle Stegner
Childrens	Page Stegner
Universities	Iowa Writers' Workshop University of Iowa University of Utah
Founder / Co-Founder	Committee for Green Foothills
Cause of death	Car Accident
Birth Place	Lake Mills
Gender	Male
Father	George Stegner
Mother	Hilda
Sun Sign	Aquarius
Born in	Lake Mills
Famous as	Author
Died at Age	84

Wallace Stegner

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Feb 18, 1909

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