Ivan Doig (1939–2015)
Author of The Whistling Season
About the Author
Ivan Doig was born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana in 1939. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in history from University of Washington. Before becoming an author, he worked as a ranch hand and a journalist. His non-fiction works show more include This House of Sky, Winter Brothers, and Heart Earth. His fiction titles include English Creek, Dancing at the Rascal Fair, Bucking the Sun, The Whistling Season, The Bartender's Tale, and Last Bus to Wisdom. He received several awards including the Western Literature Association's Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award and the Wallace Stegner Award in 2007. He died of multiple myeloma on April 8, 2015 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: photo by René Kirkpatrick
Series
Works by Ivan Doig
Associated Works
My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop (2012) — Contributor — 558 copies
Norman MacLean Collection: River Runs Through It, Young Men, Big Blackfoot (2001) — Reader — 5 copies
TriQuarterly 48: Western Stories — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Legal name
- Doig, Ivan
- Birthdate
- 1939-06-27
- Date of death
- 2015-04-09
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- White Sulphur Springs, Montana, USA
- Place of death
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Cause of death
- multiple myeloma
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA - Education
- University of Washington (PhD | 1969 | History)
Northwestern University (BS | 1961 | MS | 1962 | Journalism) - Occupations
- journalist
editor
novelist - Relationships
- Doig, Carol (wife)
- Organizations
- PEN
- Awards and honors
- Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (1989)
Wallace Stegner Award (2007)
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Statistics
- Works
- 28
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 9,130
- Popularity
- #2,632
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 423
- ISBNs
- 205
- Languages
- 5
- Favorited
- 49