![]() In an “Art of Fiction” interview with The Paris Review, Stegner asserted that he became an author “by sheerest accident,” initially only dabbling in short fiction while an undergraduate. Over the course of his life, Stegner taught at the University of Wisconsin, Harvard University, and Stanford University, where he helped establish Stanford’s lauded creative writing program. ![]() He received a BA from the University of Utah in 1930, and went on to receive his master’s and doctorate from the University of Iowa in 19, respectively. ![]() ![]() Stegner was born on Februin Lake Mills, Iowa to Hilda and George Stegner, and lived in various places around the country growing up, spending a good portion of his childhood and young adulthood in Utah. ![]() Hailed as “The Dean of Western Writers,” Wallace Earle Stegner made his mark on American literature not only through his own extensive works of fiction, histories, biographies and short stories, but through his mentorship of other literary and cultural figures, including Wendell Berry, Sandra Day O'Connor, Edward Abbey, Thomas McGuane, Robert Stone, Ken Kesey, Gordon Lish, Ernest Gaines and Larry McMurtry. ![]()
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