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Ron Hansen

Author of Mariette in Ecstasy

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Ron Hansen was born in Omaha Nebraska in 1947.He received a BA degree in English from Creighton University in Nebraska in 1970. He is the author of more than 20 books, stories, and anthologies. He received the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters for his book Nebraska, a collection of short fiction, in 1989. Some of his other works include Mariette in Ecstasy; the children's book, The Shadowmaker; Desperadoes; the Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which won the John Edgar Wideman Award in 1984; and the novel Atticus, a suspenseful murder mystery detailing a father's fierce love for his son. Atticus was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1996. Among the anthologies written by Hansen are The Sun So Hot I Froze To Death, Can I Just Sit Here For A While?, and True Romance. His short stories, with titles ranging from "His Dog" to "Playland," have appeared in the Stanford Alumni Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, the Iowa Review, Esquire, and many others. Besides holding Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, Hansen has received a Lyndhurst Foundation Grant and is a fellow of the University of Michigan Society of Fellows. Hansen has also held the position of Gerald Manley Hopkins S.J. Professor of Arts and Humanities at Santa Clara University. In May 2006 he was inducted into the College of Fellows at Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology. Also in that year The Assasination of Jesse James was adapted for the screen. In 2009 Mariette In Ecstasy was adapted for the stage at Lifetime Theater in Chicago. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Mariette in Ecstasy 812 copies, 12 reviews
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 631 copies, 11 reviews
Atticus 485 copies, 14 reviews
Hitler's Niece 380 copies, 11 reviews
You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories… (Editor) 359 copies, 3 reviews
Exiles 214 copies, 17 reviews
Desperadoes 158 copies, 5 reviews
A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion: A Novel 148 copies, 10 reviews
Nebraska: Stories 105 copies, 2 reviews
A Stay Against Confusion: Essays on Faith and Fiction 101 copies, 1 review
Isn't It Romantic?: An Entertainment 98 copies, 6 reviews
The Western: Four Classic Novels of the 1940s & 50s (LOA #331): The Ox-Bow… (Editor) 78 copies, 1 review
The Shadowmaker 61 copies
The Kid 48 copies, 2 reviews
She Loves Me Not: New and Selected Stories 39 copies, 2 reviews
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Hansen, Ronald Thomas
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Date of birth
1947-12-08
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male
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USA
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Birthplace
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Places of residence
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Northern California, USA
Education
The Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (2000-03)
Santa Clara University (MA ∙ Spirituality ∙ 1995)
Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA ∙ Creative Writing ∙ 1974)
Creighton University (BA ∙ English ∙ 1970)
Occupations
novelist
short-story writer
essayist
professor
deacon
Relationships
Caldwell, Bo (wife)
Organizations
Santa Clara University (professor)
University of California, Santa Cruz (professor)
Michigan Society of Fellows
Stanford University (professor)
The University of Nebraska Press (general series editor)
Awards and honors
Permanent deacon of the Catholic Church
The Marianist Award (2010)
The Denise Levertov Award (2010)
Commencement address and Doctor of Humane Letters, Merrimack College (2010)
Doctor of Humane Letters, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (2009)
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