Robert Peter Laxalt (1923 - 2001)

Born 25 Sep 1923 in Alturas, Modoc, California, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Joyce Winifred (Nielsen) Laxalt — married 29 May 1949 in Nevada, United States

Died 23 Mar 2001 at age 77 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States

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Biography

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Robert Peter Laxalt was born on 25 Sept 1923^[1] in Alturas, Modoc, California, the second son of Donimique Laxalt and Therese Alpetche.^[2]

Robert was a prolific writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction, and was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He was the director of News and Publications for the University of Nevada, Reno. "He helped found the University of Nevada Press and served as its director from 1961-1983. He was Writer-in-Residence at the university during the mid-1970s. He was also a co-founder of the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno."^[3] He was one of the first two writers to be named to the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 1988.^[4] The University of Nevada, Reno, Special Collections Department, holds Robert Laxalt Papers, "consisting of his manuscripts and notes for his unpublished stories and novels; manuscripts for many of his published short stories, novels and full-length books, reviews and news releases ... ."^[5]

He died on 23 Mar 2001^[1] in Reno, Washoe, Nevada.^[6][2] He is buried at the Lone Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Carson City, Nevada, Plot 3A-2-18.^[4] His gravestone inscription reads:

Robert

Laxalt

Sept 24, 1923

March 23, 2001

Maitatua

A good

father

An honest

writer

(Maitatua means beloved man in Euskera, the Basque language.)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9PH-MZD : 20 May 2014), Robert Laxalt, 23 Mar 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Wikipedia: Robert Laxalt
3. ↑ University of Nevada, Reno; Mathewson IGT-Knowledge Center; Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Biography
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 08 August 2018), memorial page for Robert Laxalt (24 Sep 1923–23 Mar 2001), Find A Grave: Memorial #105620591, citing Lone Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Carson City, Nevada, USA ; Maintained by Herbert Rickards (contributor 10274696) .
5. ↑ https://archive.library.unr.edu/public/repositories/2/resources/173
6. ↑ Nevada, Death Index, 1980-2012 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Nevada State Health Division, Office of Vital Statistics. State Death Index. Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Carson City, Nevada.