Wallace Stegner
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American historian, writer, and environmentalist (1909-1993)
Key facts
- 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.
- Occupation
- Historian novelist short story writer environmentalist
- 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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wallace
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lake Mills
- Place of death
- Santa Fe
- Occupation
- naturalist
- Employer
- Stanford University
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- manner of death
- accidental death
- date of birth
- 1909-02-18
- date of death
- 1993-04-13
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Personal life
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