Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner | |
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Stegner c. 1969 | |
| Born | Wallace Earle Stegner February 18, 1909 Lake Mills, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | April 13, 1993 (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". He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977.