Wallace Stegner

Wallace Stegner, an American writer and historian, is best known for his extensive writings in the American West. Wallace Stegner was born February 18, 1909. Stegner spent his childhood in Montana, Utah, and Saskatchewan. Stegner got his BA. from the University of Utah. She received her MMA and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. Stegner's most notable awards include the Pulitizer Award for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. Stegner also founded a creative writing program at Stanford University. Stegner had been married for 59 years. He had one son. Stegner died April 13, 1993.