Page Stegner
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Page Stegner is a novelist, essayist, and historian who has written extensively about the American West. He is the son of novelist Wallace Stegner
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in 1959, followed by a Ph.D in American literature in 1964. He served as a Professor of American Literature and Director of the creative writing program at the University of California, Santa Cruz
from 1965 to 1995, at which time he focused his efforts on writing. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts
fellowship (1980), a National Endowment for the Humanities
fellowship (1981) and a Guggenheim Fellowship
(1982). He is married to novelist Lynn Stegner. They live in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Wallace Stegner
Wallace Earle Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist, often called "The Dean of Western Writers"...
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Career
Stegner received his B.A. in history from Stanford UniversityStanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1959, followed by a Ph.D in American literature in 1964. He served as a Professor of American Literature and Director of the creative writing program at the University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...
from 1965 to 1995, at which time he focused his efforts on writing. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
fellowship (1980), a National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
fellowship (1981) and a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
(1982). He is married to novelist Lynn Stegner. They live in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
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Non-fiction
- Escape Into Aesthetics, The Dial Press, c1966, Library of Congress Number 68-22588
- Nabokov's Congeries, The Viking Press, c1968, Library of Congross Catalogue Number 68-22868
- American Places, (with Wallace Stegner and Eliot Porter), E.P.Dutton, c1981, ISBN 0-525-05390-5
- Islands of the West, Sierra Club BooksSierra Club BooksSierra Club Books is the publishing division of the Sierra Club, founded in 1960 by then Sierra Club President David Brower. Volumes intended for club members had been published prior to 1960. In addition, books under their name had been published before 1960, but done through already established...
, c1985, ISBN 0-87156-844-6 - Outposts of Eden : a Curmudgeon at Large in the American West, Sierra Club Books, c1989, ISBN 0-87156-672-9
- Grand Canyon: The Great Abyss, Tehabi Books, c1995, ISBN 0-06-258573-8
- Winning the Wild West : the Epic Saga of the American Frontier, 1800-1899, foreword by Larry McMurtryLarry McMurtryLarry Jeff McMurtry is an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas...
, Tehabi Books, c2002 ISBN 0-7432-3291-7 - Adios, Amigos : Tales of Sustenance and Purification in the American West, Counterpoint, c2008, ISBN 1-59376-169-4
Fiction
- The Edge, The Dial Press, c1968, Library of Congress Catalog Number 67-25307
- Hawks and Harriers, The Dial Press, c1972, Library of Congress Catalog Number 75-163588
- Sportscar Menopause, Atlantic Little-Brown, c1977, ISBN 0-316-81224-2