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Also Known As Wallace Earle Stegner
Born February 18, 1909 • Iowa
Died April 13, 1993 (aged 84) • Santa Fe • New Mexico
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • National Book Award
Notable Works “Angle of Repose” • “Crossing to Safety” • “Remembering Laughter” • “The Big Rock Candy Mountain” • “The Spectator Bird”
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