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5 unusual facts about Wallace Stegner


Crossing to Safety

Crossing to Safety is a 1987 semi-autobiographical novel by Wallace Stegner which gained broad literary acclaim and commercial popularity.

Ivan Doig

As the western landscape and people play an important role in his fiction, he has been hailed as the new dean of western literature, a worthy successor to Wallace Stegner.

Jones Lectureship

The Lectureship is named for Richard Foster Jones, head of the Stanford English Department when Wallace Stegner founded Stanford's Creative Writing Program following the end of Second World War.

Paul Horgan

"The New York Times Review of Books said of him, in 1989: "With the exception of Wallace Stegner, no living American has so distinguished himself in both fiction and history.

Sharon Butala

As head of the Eastend Arts Council she spearheaded the creation of the Wallace Stegner House Residence for Artists in which Wallace Stegner's childhood home was turned into a retreat for writers and artists.



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Mira Mesa Senior High School

Lysley Tenorio (Class of 1990), short story writer, author of Monstress and recipient of NEA fellowship, Wallace Stegner fellowship, and Whiting Writers' award.