Kent Nelson
Kent Nelson (born 1943) is an American short story writer and poet. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School. His 2014 collection The Spirit Bird won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize.
Kent Nelson
- Name
- Kent Nelson
- Born
- 1943
- Occupation
- * Short story writer
- Education
- Harvard Law School (JD)
- Awards
- Drue Heinz Literature Prize (2014)
- Nationality
- United States
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Kent Nelson (born 1943) is an American short story writer and poet. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School. His 2014 collection The Spirit Bird won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize.
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Biography
Biography
Earlier in his literary career, he was awarded a fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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• Name — Kent Nelson • Born — 1943 • Occupation — * Short story writer • poet • Education — Harvard Law School (JD) • Awards — Drue Heinz Literature Prize (2014)
Novels
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
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)
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Kent Nelson born.
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