Wallace Earle Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist, often called "The Dean of Western Writers". He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977.
He was the son of Hilda (née Paulson) and George Stegner.He was born on his mother’s family’s farm in Iowa on Feb. 18, 1909.
In 1934, Stegner married Mary Stuart Page.
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