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'''Elmer Stephen Kelton''' (April 29, 1926<ref name=KeltonE-SB-p26>Kelton, Elmer (2007). - ''Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer''. - New York, New York: Forge. - p.26. - ISBN 978-0-7653-1521-2.</ref> – August 22, 2009<ref name="ST-obit">{{cite web |
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Beginning in 2014, the [[Academy of Western Artists]], based in [[Gene Autry, Oklahoma|Gene Autry]], [[Oklahoma]], will award the first of its forthcoming annual Elmer Kelton book awards to successful authors in both the genre of fiction and non-fiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awaawards.org/|title=Elmer Kelton Book Award|publisher=awaawards.org|accessdate=August 31, 2013}}</ref> The runner-up was Kelton's understudy [[Patrick Dearen]] of [[Midland, Texas|Midland]], Texas, for his 2012 novel ''To Hell or the Pecos''. |
Beginning in 2014, the [[Academy of Western Artists]], based in [[Gene Autry, Oklahoma|Gene Autry]], [[Oklahoma]], will award the first of its forthcoming annual Elmer Kelton book awards to successful authors in both the genre of fiction and non-fiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awaawards.org/|title=Elmer Kelton Book Award|publisher=awaawards.org|accessdate=August 31, 2013}}</ref> The runner-up was Kelton's understudy [[Patrick Dearen]] of [[Midland, Texas|Midland]], Texas, for his 2012 novel ''To Hell or the Pecos''. |
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Elmer Stephen Kelton | |
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Born | April 29, 1926[1] Horse Camp Five Wells Ranch Andrews County, Texas, United States |
Died | August 22, 2009[2] San Angelo, Texas | (aged 83)
Occupation | Journalist Writer Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Arts in journalism) |
Period | 1957-2009 |
Genre | Westerns |
Spouse | Anna (née Lipp) Kelton |
Children | Gary, Steve and Kathy Kelton |
Parents | Robert W. "Buck" Kelton and Beatrice "Bea" (née Holland) Kelton |
Website | |
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Elmer Stephen Kelton (April 29, 1926[1] – August 22, 2009[2]) was an American journalist and writer, known particularly for his Western novels.
Biography
Kelton was born at a place called Horse Camp on the Five Wells Ranch,[1] owned by the Scharbauer Cattle Company,[4] in Andrews County — just east of the city of Andrews — to Robert William "Buck" Kelton-[5] (30 June 1901 – 15 June 1980)[6] and Neta Beatrice "Bea" (née Parker).[7] 15 May 1904 – 27 April 1993) Kelton.[5][8][9][10]
When Kelton was three years old, the family moved to the McElroy Ranch located in the counties of Crane and Upton, Texas, near the city of Crane, south-southwest of Midland.[10] He spent the rest of his childhood at three different homesteads on the McElroy Ranch, where his father was employed for thirty-six years.[11]
After graduation from Crane High School, Kelton attended The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, in 1942-1944 and again from 1946–1948, when he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism. From 1944 to 1946, Kelton had served in the U.S. Army, with combat infantry experience in Europe during World War II.
He and Anni Lipp, a native of Austria, were married and they had three children.[9] One son, Gerhard (also known as "Gary") of Plainview, is Anni's son that was adopted by Kelton. The other son and a daughter are Steve Kelton and Kathy Kelton, both of San Angelo. He also had three brothers, Merle Kelton and his wife, Ann, of May, Texas; Bill Kelton and his wife, Pat, of Atlanta, Texas; and Eugene Kelton and his wife, Peggy, of McCamey, Texas.[12]
From 1948-1963, Kelton was the farm-and-ranch editor for the San Angelo Standard-Times in the Harte-Hanks chain. For five years he was editor of Sheep and Goat Raiser Magazine and another twenty-two years he was editor of Livestock Weekly, from which he retired in 1990.[9]
His memoir, Sandhills Boy, was published in 2007.
Three of his novels have been featured in Reader's Digest Condensed Books.
Eight Kelton novels, Buffalo Wagons, The Day the Cowboys Quit, The Time It Never Rained, Eyes of the Hawk, Slaughter, The Far Canyon, Many a River and The Way of the Coyote, have won Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America. Peers in the WWA also named him as the greatest Western writer of all time.[13][14]
Three others, City: The Time It Never Rained, The Good Old Boys and The Man Who Rode Midnight, have received Western Heritage Awards from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The Good Old Boys was made into the Turner Network Television TV movie named The Good Old Boys (1995) starring Tommy Lee Jones.[9]
In 1977, Kelton received an Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement (named for Owen Wister, the author of The Virginian). In April 1997, the Texas State Legislature proclaimed "Elmer Kelton Day". In 1998, he received the first Lone Star Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Larry McMurtry Center for Arts and Humanities at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.
He has received honorary doctorates from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, and Texas Tech University at Lubbock, Texas. Kelton also received a lifetime achievement award from the National Cowboy Symposium in Lubbock.[9] He is honored with a star in the sidewalk at the Fort Worth Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas.[15]
Kelton was working on another book but faced multiple health problems in the spring of 2009. The book was not completed before he died on August 22, 2009, of natural causes.[clarification needed][16][17]
His funeral was held on August 27, 2009, at the First United Methodist Church in San Angelo. A life-size statue of Kelton by Raul Ruiz displayed at the Stevens Central Library in San Angelo, Texas.[3]
Beginning in 2014, the Academy of Western Artists, based in Gene Autry, Oklahoma, will award the first of its forthcoming annual Elmer Kelton book awards to successful authors in both the genre of fiction and non-fiction.[18] The runner-up was Kelton's understudy Patrick Dearen of Midland, Texas, for his 2012 novel To Hell or the Pecos.
Awards
Year | Award | Category | Work |
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1957 | Spur Award | Novel | Buffalo Wagons |
1971 | Spur Award | Novel | The Day the Cowboys Quit |
1973 | Spur Award | Novel | The Time It Never Rained |
1974 | Western Heritage Award | Western Novel | The Time It Never Rained |
1977 | Owen Wister Award | Western literature | Lifetime achievement |
1979 | Western Heritage Award | Western Novel | The Good Old Boys |
1981 | Spur Award | Novel | Eyes of the Hawk |
1988 | Western Heritage Award | Western Novel | The Man Who Rode Midnight |
1992 | Spur Award | Novel of the West | Slaughter |
1994 | Spur Award | Novel of the West | The Far Canyon |
2002 | Spur Award | Best Western Novel | Way of the Coyote |
2009 | Spur Award | Novel | Many A River |
2010 (posthumously) | American Cowboy Culture Association | Fictional works | Lifetime achievement |
Bibliography
Partial list of works: Template:Multicol
- Barbed Wire (1957)
- Buffalo Wagons (1957)
- Shadow of a Star (1958)
- Texas Rifles (1960)
- Donovan (1961)
- The Day the Cowboys Quit (1971)
- Wagontongue (1972)
- The Time it Never Rained (1973)
- The Wolf and the Buffalo (1980)
- Dark Thicket (1985)
- Honor at Daybreak (1991)
- Slaughter (1992)
- The Far Canyon (1994)
- The Pumpkin Rollers (1996)
- Cloudy in the West (1997)
- Way of the Coyote (2001)
- Jericho's Road (2004)
- Six Bits a Day (2005)
- Ranger's Law: A Lone Star Saga (2006)
- The Rebels: Sons of Texas (2007)
- Texas Sunrise (2008)
- Many A River (2009)
Texas Ranger Novels: Template:Multicol
- The Buckskin Line
- Badger Boy
- The Way of the Coyote
- Ranger's Trail
- Texas Vendetta
- Jericho's Road
- Hard Trail to Follow
- Other Men's Horses
- Texas Standoff
See also
- San Angelo Standard-Times
- Museum of the Desert Southwest, has exhibit on Kelton
References
- ^ a b c Kelton, Elmer (2007). - Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer. - New York, New York: Forge. - p.26. - ISBN 978-0-7653-1521-2.
- ^ a b "UPDATE: Elmer Kelton dies at 83". San Angelo Standard-Times. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
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- ^ a b Birth certificate of Elmer Kelton. - Texas Vital Statistics Office. - Austin, Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. 1926.
- ^ Death certificate of Elmer Kelton. - Texas Vital Statistics Office. - Austin, Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. 1980.
- ^ Kelton. Sandhills Boy. - p.84.
- ^ Kelton, Neta B. - Social Security Death Index Search.
- ^ a b c d e "Elmer Kelton Biography". ElmerKelton.net. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
- ^ a b Kelton. Sandhills Boy. - pp.26,31.
- ^ Kelton. Sandhills Boy. pp.233, 241.
- ^ "Obituary: Elmer Kelton Dies at 83". gosangelo.com. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
- ^ Legislature honors San Angelo author
- ^ The Owen Wister Award
- ^ "Elmer Kelton Photos". ElmerKelton.net. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
- ^ Western Novelist Elmer Kelton dies at 83 Chron.com. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
- ^ Statement from Tai D. Kriedler, executive director of West Texas Historical Association, Lubbock, Texas.
- ^ "Elmer Kelton Book Award". awaawards.org. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
External links
- elmerkelton.net, Kelton's official website
- Elmer Kelton's page. - Macmillan.com
- The Story of Elmer Kelton
- Kelton's papers, 1948-1985. - Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University
- Wall Street Journal on Elmer Kelton
- Elmer Kelton interview with Bradley D. Pettit. - AmericanCowboy.com
- Texas Rangers Audiobooks - GraphicAudio.net
- American editors
- American male novelists
- American military personnel of World War II
- People from Andrews County, Texas
- People from Crane County, Texas
- People from San Angelo, Texas
- People from Upton County, Texas
- Journalists from Texas
- University of Texas at Austin alumni
- United States Army soldiers
- American Western (genre) novelists
- Writers from Texas
- 1926 births
- 2009 deaths
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists