Allen Wier

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Allen Wier
Born(1946-09-09)September 9, 1946
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
DiedDecember 4, 2021(2021-12-04) (aged 75)
Occupation
  • Writer
  • professor
NationalityAmerican
Education Baylor University (BA)
Louisiana State University (MA)
Bowling Green University (MFA)
Notable awards Dos Passos Prize (2008)
SpouseDara Wier
Donnie Wier
Children1 biological, 2 stepchildren

Allen Wier (September 9, 1946 – December 4, 2021; pronounced "wire"), [1] was an American writer and a professor. He was the Watkins Endowed Visiting Writer at Murray State University from 2016 until 2020; he is Professor Emeritus having taught at the University of Tennessee from 1994 until 2015, [1] and the University of Alabama from 1980 to 1994. [2] and Hollins College from 1975 to 1980 and Carnegie Mellon University from 1974 to 1975. He taught in the University of New Orleans summer writing workshop in Edinburgh, Scotland in Summer of 2013. He was visiting writer at the University of Texas in 1983 and at Florida International University from 1984 1985.

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Biography

Wier was born on September 9, 1946, in San Antonio, Texas, and spent parts of his childhood in Louisiana and Mexico.[ citation needed ] He attended Baylor University and received his BA degree (1968); Louisiana State University and received his MA degree (1971); and Bowling Green University received his MFA degree (1974).[ when? ][ citation needed ]

He taught at the University of Tennessee from 1994 until 2015, [1] and the University of Alabama from 1980 to 1994. [2] Additionally teaching at Longwood College, Carnegie Mellon University, Hollins College, University of Texas, Florida International University, and Murray State University.

In 2003, Wier was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers, along with Barry Hannah and Yusef Komunyakaa. He is widely published in anthologies and periodicals, including The New York Times , Ploughshares , and The Southern Review . Was formerly married to the poet Dara Wier. Then married artist Donnie Wier, with whom he became a step-father of two sons Heath and Mike, then had his first and only son, Wes.

Awards and honors

2021, awarded the Truman Capote Prize for Short Fiction

Bibliography

Books

Other publications

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  2. 1 2 Cobb, Mark Hughes. "Former UA professor Allen Wier to receive Truman Capote Prize at virtual Monroeville Literary Festival". Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
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