Background
Wiener, Phyllis Ames was born on September 17, 1921 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Charles Louis and Loretta A. (Tucker) Zager.
Wiener, Phyllis Ames was born on September 17, 1921 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Charles Louis and Loretta A. (Tucker) Zager.
Student, University Iowa, Iowa City, 1940—1941. Student, University Missouri, Columbus, 1945. Student, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1951—1952.
Member panel of selection Minnesota Artists Program Minneapolis The Art Institute of Chicago, 1976-1978. Member of advisory panel Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, 1978-1981. Juror anniversary exhibition Minnesota Artists Minneapolis The Art Institute of Chicago, 1985.
Member National Book Critics Circuit.
Married Allen Downs, December 26, 1939 (divorced 1960). Children: Gareth, Allison, Barbara Hodne, Amy. Married Daniel Norman Wiener, December 9, 1971.