William E. Wilson | |
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Born | 1906 |
Died | 1988 Indiana |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | author |
William E. Wilson (1906–1988) was an American writer. He wrote eleven books, including The Wabash, and was a professor of fiction writing and literature at Indiana University from 1950 to 1972. [1]
William E. Wilson was born in 1906, the son of William E. Wilson, who served as a member of Congress. [2] The younger Wilson spent much of his childhood in or around Evansville, Indiana. He graduated from Harvard University, served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, and spent two years as a Fulbright Scholar at Aix-Marseille University, Grenoble and Nice, France before landing at Baltimore, Maryland where he became Assistant Editor of the Baltimore Sun. [3]
In 1950, he left the Baltimore Sun, joining the faculty of Indiana University where he became a professor of fiction writing and literature until his retirement in 1972. Indiana University has a William E. Wilson Fellowship in Fiction named in his honor. [4]
He was a Fulbright Lecturer in France from 1956 to 1957 and, in 1964, received an Award of Merit from the American Association of State and Local History. He was honored a number of times with the Indiana Author's Day Award. He was recognized in 1962 by the Southeastern Theatre Association for his plays. [3]
His first wife, Ellen Janet Cameron, died in 1976. He had three sons with her. He married Hana Benes in 1977. [1]
Wilson died in 1988 at the age of 82 in Bloomington Hospital in Indiana from cancer. [1]