François Camoin
François Camoin | |
|---|---|
| Born | François André Camoin June 20, 1939 Nice, France |
| Died | March 18, 2019 (aged 79) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Children | 3 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Arizona (BA, MA) University of Massachusetts Amherst (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Creative writing |
| Sub-discipline | Poetry |
| Institutions | Slippery Rock State College Denison University University of Utah |
François André Camoin (June 20, 1939 – March 18, 2019),[1] was a French-American academic and short story writer.
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Nice, France, Camoin moved to the Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1951. He earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Arizona and a PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1967.[2]
Career
[edit]Camoin began his career as a professor at Slippery Rock State College and Denison University. He taught at the University of Utah from 1978 until 2011, when he retired due to illness.[3][4] His students included authors Chuck Rosenthal and Rob Roberge.[5] His work was featured in Mid-American Review,[6] The Missouri Review,[7] the Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry,[8] and Quarterly West.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Camoin lived in Salt Lake City with his wife, and sons.[10]
Awards
[edit]- 1985 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
- 1995 Salt Lake City Mayor's Artist Award[11]
- 2004 Utah Humanities Council Grant[12]
Works
[edit]- April, May, and So On. What Books Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9823542-4-7.
- Like Love But Not Exactly. University of Missouri Press. 1992. ISBN 978-0-8262-0845-3.
- Deadly Virtues. Arrowood Books. 1988. ISBN 978-0-934847-06-3.
- Why Men Are Afraid of Women. University of Georgia Press. January 1985. ISBN 978-0-8203-0722-0.
- Why Men Are Afraid of Women (Flannery O'Connor Award For Short Fiction). University of Georgia Press. March 2013. ISBN 978-0820344621. (Reprint)
- The End of the World Is Los Angeles. University of Missouri Press. April 1982. ISBN 978-0-8262-0365-6.
- Benbow and Paradise. Dutton. 1975. ISBN 978-0-525-06315-5.
- The Revenge Convention in Webster, Middleton and Tourneur. Institut für Englische Sprache und Literatur, Universität Salzburg. 1972.
Anthologies
[edit]- Janice Eidus; John Kastan, eds. (1998). It's only rock and roll: an anthology of rock and roll short stories. David R. Godine Publisher. ISBN 978-1-56792-089-5.
- Charles East, ed. (1993). "Peacock Blue". The Flannery O'Connor Award: Selected Stories. University of Georgia Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-8203-1524-9.
References
[edit]- ^ "François André Camoin". Deseret News. August 18, 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "A "Teacher who Writes" | Continuum". continuum.utah.edu. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
- ^ "Francois Camoin :: English". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ "A "Teacher who Writes"". Continuum. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ^ "Writers Break: Interview with Author Robert Roberge". Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ "Mid-American Review". Archived from the original on 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ The Missouri Review. Department of English of University of Missouri--Columbia. 1981-01-01.
- ^ Nimrod. University of Tulsa. 1982-01-01.
- ^ Quarterly West. University of Utah. 1982-01-01.
- ^ peppermint bark/
- ^ http://www.uaf.org/mayor%27s-artist-awards/past-recipients
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
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