biography
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Stegner, Wallace (Earle)
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| lived:
| (1909–93)
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| biography:
| Writer and educator, born in Lake Mills, Iowa, USA. The son of Scandinavian immigrants, he lived in a number of Western states with his family before they settled in Salt Lake City, UT. After completing his education at the universities of Utah (1930 BA) and Iowa (1935 PhD), he began teaching English, a career that would take him to several major universities, mostly at Stanford University, where he directed the Creative Writing Center (1945–71). Starting with Restoring Laughter (1937), he published over two dozen novels, collections of short stories and essays, and historical works. The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1943) was among his most popular novels, while Angel of Repose (1972) won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. His non-fiction works include biographies of John Wesley Powell, Joe Hill, and Bernard DeVoto. Most of his works dealt with the American West, which he viewed with a mixture of scepticism about its stereotypes, yet respect for its strengths. In his later years he increasingly expressed his concern for the damage being done to the natural environment of the West. |
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