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''[[Plainsong (novel)|Plainsong]]'' was published in 1999 and became a U.S. [[bestseller]]. Verlyn Klinkenborg called it "a novel so foursquare, so delicate and lovely, that it has the power to exalt the reader."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/03/books/the-sheltering-sky.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm "The Sheltering Sky" New York Times review, October 10, 1999]</ref> ''Plainsong'' won the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Award and the Maria Thomas Award in Fiction and was a finalist for the [[National Book Award]] for Fiction.
''[[Plainsong (novel)|Plainsong]]'' was published in 1999 and became a U.S. [[bestseller]]. Verlyn Klinkenborg called it "a novel so foursquare, so delicate and lovely, that it has the power to exalt the reader."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/03/books/the-sheltering-sky.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm "The Sheltering Sky" New York Times review, October 10, 1999]</ref> ''Plainsong'' won the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Award and the Maria Thomas Award in Fiction and was a finalist for the [[National Book Award]] for Fiction.


''[[Eventide (novel)|Eventide]]'', a sequel to ''Plainsong'', was published in 2004. ''[[Library Journal]]'' described the writing as "honest storytelling that is compelling and rings true." [[Jonathan Miles (novelist)|Jonathan Miles]] saw it as a "repeat performance" and "too goodhearted."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/books/review/23MILESL.html?ex=1400644800&en=dd249cf0a28b6744&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND "Eventide: Where the Dust Motes Glow" New York Times review, May 23, 2004]
''[[Eventide (novel)|Eventide]]'', a sequel to ''Plainsong'', was published in 2004. ''[[Library Journal]]'' described the writing as "honest storytelling that is compelling and rings true." [[Jonathan Miles (novelist)|Jonathan Miles]] saw it as a "repeat performance" and "too goodhearted."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/books/review/23MILESL.html?ex=1400644800&en=dd249cf0a28b6744&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND "Eventide: Where the Dust Motes Glow" New York Times review, May 23, 2004] </ref><ref>[http://www.identitytheory.com/kent-haruf/ On this, Haruf said: "...the review in the Sunday New York Times by Jonathan Miles—it was a smart-ass review. A quintessential hip cynical eastern view of things. The following Tuesday Kakutani wrote her review, which for her, was a rave. A very positive review. So I figured her review cancelled his out."</ref>
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== Recognition ==
== Recognition ==

Revision as of 15:16, 21 September 2014

Kent Haruf (born February 24, 1943) is an American novelist.

Life

Haruf was born in Pueblo, Colorado, the son of a Methodist minister. He graduated with a BA from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1965, where he would later teach, and earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1973.

Before becoming a writer, Haruf worked in a variety of places, including a chicken farm in Colorado, a construction site in Wyoming, a rehabilitation hospital in Denver, a hospital in Phoenix, a presidential library in Iowa, an alternative high school in Wisconsin, as an English teacher with the Peace Corps in Turkey, and colleges in Nebraska and Illinois. He currently lives with his wife, Kathy, in Salida, Colorado. They have three daughters.

All Haruf's novels take place in the fictional town of Holt, in eastern Colorado. Holt is based on Yuma, Colorado, one of Haruf's residences in the early 1980s. His first novel, The Tie That Binds (1984), received a Whiting Foundation Award and a special Hemingway Foundation/PEN citation. Where You Once Belonged followed in 1990. A number of his short stories have appeared in literary magazines.

Plainsong was published in 1999 and became a U.S. bestseller. Verlyn Klinkenborg called it "a novel so foursquare, so delicate and lovely, that it has the power to exalt the reader."[1] Plainsong won the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Award and the Maria Thomas Award in Fiction and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction.

Eventide, a sequel to Plainsong, was published in 2004. Library Journal described the writing as "honest storytelling that is compelling and rings true." Jonathan Miles saw it as a "repeat performance" and "too goodhearted."[2][3]

Recognition

Works

References

  1. ^ "The Sheltering Sky" New York Times review, October 10, 1999
  2. ^ "Eventide: Where the Dust Motes Glow" New York Times review, May 23, 2004
  3. ^ [http://www.identitytheory.com/kent-haruf/ On this, Haruf said: "...the review in the Sunday New York Times by Jonathan Miles—it was a smart-ass review. A quintessential hip cynical eastern view of things. The following Tuesday Kakutani wrote her review, which for her, was a rave. A very positive review. So I figured her review cancelled his out."
  4. ^ a b c d "Q & A with Colorado author Kent Haruf", Colorado Central Magazine, April 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  5. ^ Colorado Humanities. Colorado Book Awards History.
  6. ^ Center of the American West. Kent Haruf: 2012 Wallace Stegner Award Recipient.
  7. ^ "The 2014 Folio Prize Shortlist is Announced". Folio Prize. 10 February 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  8. ^ Gaby Wood (10 February 2014). "Folio Prize 2013: The Americans are coming, but not the ones we were expecting". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved February 13, 2014.

External links

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