Kent Nelson (author)

Kent Nelson
Born	1943 (age 81–82)
Occupation	Short story writer poet
Nationality	American
Education	Harvard Law School (JD)
Notable awards	Drue Heinz Literature Prize (2014)

Kent Nelson (born 1943) is an American short story writer and poet. ^[1] He holds a JD from Harvard Law School.^{[ citation needed ]} His 2014 collection The Spirit Bird won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Earlier in his literary career, he was awarded a fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts. ^[4]

Bibliography

Novels

• Cold Wind River (Dodd, Mead, 1981)
• All Around Me Peaceful (Dell, 1989)
• Language in the Blood (Peregrine Smith, 1992)
• Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still (Viking, 2003)

Short stories

• The Tennis Player and Other Stories (University of Illinois Press, 1978)
• The Middle of Nowhere (Peregrine Smith, 1991)
• Discoveries (Western Reflections, 1998)
• Toward the Sun: The Collected Sports Stories (Breakaway, 1998)
• The Touching That Lasts (Johnson, 2006)
• The Spirit Bird (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014)

References

1. Warner, Ryan (January 13, 2015). "Captivating new short stories from Ouray author Kent Nelson". Colorado Public Radio . Retrieved August 28, 2020.
2. "About Kent Nelson". The Kenyon Review . Retrieved August 28, 2020.
3. Chiddister, Diane (April 19, 2015). "Writer Kent Nelson to read". The Yellow Springs News. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
4. Robertson 1988, p. 109.

Sources

• Robertson, Susan Emrick (1988). "An Interview with Kent Nelson". The Missouri Review . 11 (1): 107–132. doi:10.1353/mis.1988.0024. ISSN   1548-9930. S2CID   162288065.