Background
Wier, Allen was born on September 9, 1946 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of Ralph A. and George Ann (Marrs) Wier.
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- Books Blanco (LSU Press 1978, Avon/Bard 1980, and Harper & Row 1989) Things About to Disappear (LSU Press 1978 and Avon/Bard 1980) Departing as Air (Simon & Schuster, 1983) A Place for Outlaws (Harper & Row, 1989) Tehano (Southern Methodist University Press, 2006)Other publications (editor) Walking on Water and other stories (University of Alabama Press 1996) (editor) Voicelust: Eight Contemporary Writers on Style (University of Nebraska Press 1985).
Allen Wier
Allen Wier, American English educator. Recipient Robert Penn Warren award Fellowship Southern Writers, 1997;fellow National Endowment Arts, 1974, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, 1980. Member Modern Language Association, Texas Institute Letters (Doble-Paisano fellow 1989), Associated Writers Programs.
Education
Bachelor, Baylor University, 1968;
Master of Arts, Louisiana State University, 1971;
Master of Fine Arts, Bowling Green State University, 1974.
Career
He taught at Longwood College, Carnegie-Mellon University, Hollins College, the University of Texas, Florida International University, and the University of Alabama where he directed the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing. In 2003, Wier was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers, along with Barry Hannah and Yusef Komunyakaa. He is widely published in anthologies and periodicals, including The New York Times, Ploughshares, and The Southern Review.
Wier was previously married to the poet Dara Wier.
Achievements
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Awarded the 27th John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, presented in November, 2008
Special mention for his short story "The Taste of Dirt" in the Pushcart Prize volume 2005
Inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers in 2003
Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction—Fellowship of Southern Writers, 1997
Dobie-Paisano Fellowship—University of Texas and Texas Institute of Letters
Breadloaf Fellowship
Texas Institute of Letters Award in Short Fiction
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
Works
Other Work
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Books Blanco (LSU Press 1978, Avon/Bard 1980, and Harper & Row 1989) Things About to Disappear (LSU Press 1978 and Avon/Bard 1980) Departing as Air (Simon & Schuster, 1983) A Place for Outlaws (Harper & Row, 1989) Tehano (Southern Methodist University Press, 2006)Other publications (editor) Walking on Water and other stories (University of Alabama Press 1996) (editor) Voicelust: Eight Contemporary Writers on Style (University of Nebraska Press 1985).
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Political Party
Blanco