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==Life and career== |
==Life and career== |
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Weaver was born in [[Moline, Illinois]] in February 1937, the fifth of the five children of Noble Rodell Weaver and Inez Katherine Nelson |
Weaver was born in [[Moline, Illinois]] in February 1937, the fifth of the five children of Noble Rodell Weaver and Inez Katherine Nelson. His family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1941. He graduated from Wauwatosa High School in 1955. After three years service in the United States Army (1955–1958), he graduated from the [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]] in 1961, from the [[University of Illinois]] with an MA in 1962, and from the [[University of Denver]] with a Ph.D. in 1970. He taught at [[Siena College]] 1963-1965, [[Marietta College]] 1965-1968, [[University of Southern Mississippi]] 1970–1975, [[Oklahoma State University]] 1975–1995, [[Vermont College]] 1983-1989, and [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]] 1996–2000. |
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He was founding |
He was founding editor of the ''Mississippi Review'', fiction editor of ''Cimarron Review'' from 1975 to 1986, managing editor of the AWP ([[Association of Writers & Writing Programs]]) Award Series for Short Fiction from 1977 to 1979, and general editor of the Twayne Studies in Short Fiction (Twayne Publishers, Boston/New York) from 1986 to 1997. |
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More than a hundred of his stories have appeared in a wide variety of literary magazines, including ''Agni'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bu.edu/agni/authors/G/Gordon-Weaver.html |title= |
More than a hundred of his stories have appeared in a wide variety of literary magazines, including ''Agni'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bu.edu/agni/authors/G/Gordon-Weaver.html |title=AGNI Online: Author Gordon Weaver |access-date=2009-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101102711/http://www.bu.edu/agni/authors/G/Gordon-Weaver.html |archive-date=2009-01-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Antioch Review'', ''Carolina Quarterly'', ''Confrontation'', ''Georgia Review'', ''Iowa Review'', ''The Literary Review'', ''New Letters'', ''Ploughshares'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?authorID=1614|title = Read by Author | Ploughshares}}</ref> and ''Southwest Review''. His novel ''Count a Lonely Cadence'', was adapted for the movie ''[[Cadence (film)|Cadence]]'', starring [[Charlie Sheen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101531/|title = Cadence (1990) - IMDb| website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> |
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Weaver was the father of three daughters. He retired to the Milwaukee area in the 1990s and died in April 2021.<ref>[https://obituaries.stwnewspress.com/obituary/gordon-weaver-1081948602 Stillwater News-Press April 7, 2021].</ref><ref>[https://www.krausefuneralhome.com/obituary/dr-gordon-a-weaver/ Dr. Gordon A. Weaver obituary]</ref> |
Weaver was the father of three daughters. He retired to the Milwaukee area in the 1990s and died in April 2021.<ref>[https://obituaries.stwnewspress.com/obituary/gordon-weaver-1081948602 Stillwater News-Press April 7, 2021].</ref><ref>[https://www.krausefuneralhome.com/obituary/dr-gordon-a-weaver/ Dr. Gordon A. Weaver obituary]</ref> |
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His papers are held at [[Boston University]].<ref>http://www.bu.edu/dbin/archives/index.php?pid=403&study_guides=10</ref> |
His papers are held at [[Boston University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bu.edu/dbin/archives/index.php?pid=403&study_guides=10|title = Home - Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center}}</ref> |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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* St. Lawrence Award for Fiction (1973) |
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* Quarterly West Fiction Prize (1978) |
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* O. Henry First Prize (1978)<ref>rear flap of ''Circling Byzantium''</ref> |
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* [[Pushcart Prize]] in 1985 and 1997 |
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* [[The Best American Short Stories]] 1980 for "Hog's Heart" |
* [[The Best American Short Stories]] 1980 for "Hog's Heart" |
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* [[National Endowment of the Arts]] fellowships in 1974 and 1989 |
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* 1979 [[O. Henry Award]] |
* 1979 [[O. Henry Award]] |
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* Sherwood Anderson Award (1982) |
* Sherwood Anderson Award (1982) |
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* Quarterly West Novella Prize (1984) |
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* 2002 James C. McCormick Fellowship in Fiction (Christopher Isherwood Foundation). |
* 2002 James C. McCormick Fellowship in Fiction (Christopher Isherwood Foundation). |
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* Andrew Lytle Fiction Prize (2007) |
* Andrew Lytle Fiction Prize (2007) |
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* {{cite book| title=Circling Byzantium| date=November 1980| publisher=Louisiana State University Press| isbn=978-0-8071-0694-5| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/circlingbyzantiu0000weav}} |
* {{cite book| title=Circling Byzantium| date=November 1980| publisher=Louisiana State University Press| isbn=978-0-8071-0694-5| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/circlingbyzantiu0000weav}} |
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* {{cite book| title=The Eight Corners of the World | publisher=Chelsea Green Pub. Co.| year=1988| isbn=978-0-930031-16-9 }} |
* {{cite book| title=The Eight Corners of the World | publisher=Chelsea Green Pub. Co.| year=1988| isbn=978-0-930031-16-9 }} |
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** republished in a second edition by Serving House Books, 2015. ISBN 978-0986214608<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weaver |date=2015-05-24 |title=The Eight Corners of the World |url=https://servinghousebooks.com/the-eight-corners-of-the-world/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Serving House Books |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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===Short stories=== |
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* {{cite book| title=The Entombed Man of Thule | url=https://archive.org/details/entombedmanofthu00gord | url-access=registration | year=1972| publisher=Louisiana State University Press | place=Baton Rouge| isbn=0-8071-0245-8 }} |
* {{cite book| title=The Entombed Man of Thule | url=https://archive.org/details/entombedmanofthu00gord | url-access=registration | year=1972| publisher=Louisiana State University Press | place=Baton Rouge| isbn=0-8071-0245-8 }} |
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* {{cite book | title=Such Waltzing Was Not Easy | publisher=University of Illinois Press | year=1975 | isbn=978-0-252-00476-6 | url=https://archive.org/details/suchwaltzingwasn00weav }} |
* {{cite book | title=Such Waltzing Was Not Easy | publisher=University of Illinois Press | year=1975 | isbn=978-0-252-00476-6 | url=https://archive.org/details/suchwaltzingwasn00weav }} |
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===Adaptations=== |
===Adaptations=== |
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* The movie [[Cadence (film)|Cadence]] was based on Weaver's novel ''Count a Lonely Cadence'' |
* The movie ''[[Cadence (film)|Cadence]]'' was based on Weaver's novel ''Count a Lonely Cadence''. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:Novelists from Oklahoma]] |
[[Category:Novelists from Oklahoma]] |
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[[Category:Novelists from Wisconsin]] |
[[Category:Novelists from Wisconsin]] |
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[[Category:O. Henry Award winners]] |
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[[Category:Oklahoma State University faculty]] |
[[Category:Oklahoma State University faculty]] |
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[[Category:University of Denver alumni]] |
[[Category:University of Denver alumni]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:14, 8 August 2024
Gordon A. Weaver | |
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| Born | February 2, 1937 Moline, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | April 2, 2021 (aged 84) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee University of Illinois (MA), University of Denver (Ph.D) |
| Notable works | Count a Lonely Cadence |
| Notable awards | O. Henry Award, 1979 |
| Children | 3 |
Gordon A. Weaver (February 2, 1937 – April 2, 2021) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Life and career
[edit]Weaver was born in Moline, Illinois in February 1937, the fifth of the five children of Noble Rodell Weaver and Inez Katherine Nelson. His family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1941. He graduated from Wauwatosa High School in 1955. After three years service in the United States Army (1955–1958), he graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1961, from the University of Illinois with an MA in 1962, and from the University of Denver with a Ph.D. in 1970. He taught at Siena College 1963-1965, Marietta College 1965-1968, University of Southern Mississippi 1970–1975, Oklahoma State University 1975–1995, Vermont College 1983-1989, and University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 1996–2000.
He was founding editor of the Mississippi Review, fiction editor of Cimarron Review from 1975 to 1986, managing editor of the AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) Award Series for Short Fiction from 1977 to 1979, and general editor of the Twayne Studies in Short Fiction (Twayne Publishers, Boston/New York) from 1986 to 1997.
More than a hundred of his stories have appeared in a wide variety of literary magazines, including Agni,[1] Antioch Review, Carolina Quarterly, Confrontation, Georgia Review, Iowa Review, The Literary Review, New Letters, Ploughshares,[2] and Southwest Review. His novel Count a Lonely Cadence, was adapted for the movie Cadence, starring Charlie Sheen.[3]
Weaver was the father of three daughters. He retired to the Milwaukee area in the 1990s and died in April 2021.[4][5]
His papers are held at Boston University.[6]
Awards
[edit]- St. Lawrence Award for Fiction (1973)
- Quarterly West Fiction Prize (1978)
- O. Henry First Prize (1978)[7]
- Pushcart Prize in 1985 and 1997
- The Best American Short Stories 1980 for "Hog's Heart"
- National Endowment of the Arts fellowships in 1974 and 1989
- 1979 O. Henry Award
- Sherwood Anderson Award (1982)
- Quarterly West Novella Prize (1984)
- 2002 James C. McCormick Fellowship in Fiction (Christopher Isherwood Foundation).
- Andrew Lytle Fiction Prize (2007)
Works
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Count a Lonely Cadence. H. Regnery Co. 1968.
- Give Him a Stone. Crown Publishers. 1975. ISBN 978-0-517-51897-7.
- Circling Byzantium. Louisiana State University Press. November 1980. ISBN 978-0-8071-0694-5.
- The Eight Corners of the World. Chelsea Green Pub. Co. 1988. ISBN 978-0-930031-16-9.
- republished in a second edition by Serving House Books, 2015. ISBN 978-0986214608[8]
Short stories
[edit]- The Entombed Man of Thule. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 1972. ISBN 0-8071-0245-8.
- Such Waltzing Was Not Easy. University of Illinois Press. 1975. ISBN 978-0-252-00476-6.
- Getting Serious. Books on Demand. 1980. ISBN 978-0-608-00872-1.
- Morality Play. Chariton Review Press. 1985. ISBN 978-0-933428-05-8.
- A World Quite Round. Books on Demand. 1986. ISBN 978-0-7837-7932-4.
- Men Who Would Be Good. TriQuarterly Books/Another Chicago Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-929968-16-2.
- The Way We Know in Dreams. University of Missouri Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-8262-0931-3.
- Four Decades: New and Selected Stories. University of Missouri Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-8262-1113-2.
- Long Odds. University of Missouri Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8262-1291-7.
- Last Stands: Stories. University of Missouri Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-8262-1521-5.
Poetry
[edit]- Small Defeats. Texas Review Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1-881515-18-0.
Non-fiction
[edit]- Amy A. Kass, ed. (2008). "Haskell Hooked on Northern Cheyenne". Giving well, doing good: readings for thoughtful philanthropists. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21955-8.
Adaptations
[edit]- The movie Cadence was based on Weaver's novel Count a Lonely Cadence.
References
[edit]- ^ "AGNI Online: Author Gordon Weaver". Archived from the original on 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
- ^ "Read by Author | Ploughshares".
- ^ "Cadence (1990) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ Stillwater News-Press April 7, 2021.
- ^ Dr. Gordon A. Weaver obituary
- ^ "Home - Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center".
- ^ rear flap of Circling Byzantium
- ^ Weaver (2015-05-24). "The Eight Corners of the World". Serving House Books. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
External links
[edit]- "Interview", Pif magazine
- "Feeding the Bulldog", Web Del Sol
- Jonathan Baumbach (January 8, 1989). "HOW FOTO JOE WON THE WAR". The New York Times.
- John Kuehl (1996). "A Man's World". VQR.
Categories:
- 1937 births
- 2021 deaths
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American short story writers
- American male novelists
- American male short story writers
- Novelists from Mississippi
- Novelists from Oklahoma
- Novelists from Wisconsin
- O. Henry Award winners
- Oklahoma State University faculty
- University of Denver alumni
- University of Illinois alumni
- University of Southern Mississippi faculty
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee faculty
- People from Moline, Illinois