Allen Wier Explained
Allen Wier (September 9, 1946 – December 4, 2021; pronounced "wire"),[1] was an American writer and a professor. He was the Watkins Endowed Visiting Writer at Murray State University from 2016 until 2020; he is Professor Emeritus having taught at the University of Tennessee from 1994 until 2015, and the University of Alabama from 1980 to 1994.[2] and Hollins College from 1975 to 1980 and Carnegie Mellon University from 1974 to 1975. He taught in the University of New Orleans summer writing workshop in Edinburgh, Scotland in Summer of 2013. He was visiting writer at the University of Texas in 1983 and at Florida International University from 1984 1985.
Biography
Wier was born on September 9, 1946, in San Antonio, Texas, and spent parts of his childhood in Louisiana and Mexico. He attended Baylor University and received his BA degree (1968); Louisiana State University and received his MA degree (1971); and Bowling Green University received his MFA degree (1974).
He taught at the University of Tennessee from 1994 until 2015, and the University of Alabama from 1980 to 1994. Additionally teaching at Longwood College, Carnegie Mellon University, Hollins College, University of Texas, Florida International University, and Murray State University.
In 2003, Wier was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers, along with Barry Hannah and Yusef Komunyakaa. He is widely published in anthologies and periodicals, including The New York Times, Ploughshares, and The Southern Review. Was formerly married to the poet Dara Wier. Then married artist Donnie Wier, with whom he became a step-father of two sons Heath and Mike, then had his first and only son, Wes.
Awards and honors
2021, awarded the Truman Capote Prize for Short Fiction
- 2008, awarded the 27th John Dos Passos Prize for Literature[3]
- 2005, special mention for his short story "The Taste of Dirt" in the Pushcart Prize volume 2005
- 2003, inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers[4]
- 1997, Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction, Fellowship of Southern Writers
- 1990, Dobie-Paisano Fellowship, University of Texas and Texas Institute of Letters
- 1978, fiction fellowship, Breadloaf Conference
- 1978, short fiction award, Texas Institute of Letters Award
- 1979, fiction award, Guggenheim Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation[5]
- 1974–1975, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Bibliography
Books
- Book: Wier, Allen. Blanco. Louisiana State University (LSU) Press. 1978. 9780807104736.
- Book: Wier, Allen. Things About to Disappear: Stories. Louisiana State University (LSU) Press. 1978. 9780807104712.
- Book: Wier, Allen. Departing as Air: A Novel. Simon and Schuster. 1983. 9780671433079.
- Book: Wier, Allen. A Place for Outlaws. Harper & Row. 1989. 9780060161132.
- Book: Wier, Allen. Tehano: A Novel. Southern Methodist University Press. 2006. 9780870745065.
- Wier, Allen (2017). Late Night, Early Morning:[6] Stories, University of Tennessee Press.
Other publications
- Book: Walking on Water and Other Stories. University of Alabama Press. 1996. 9780817307851. Wier. Allen.
- Book: Voicelust: Eight Contemporary Fiction Writers on Style. University of Nebraska Press. Alabama Symposium on English and American Literature. 10, 1983, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 1985. 9780803223332. Wier. Allen. Hendrie. Don.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Wier, Allen 1946–. live. 2021-05-21. Encyclopedia.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210521233559/https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/wier-allen-1946 . 2021-05-21 .
- Web site: Cobb. Mark Hughes. Former UA professor Allen Wier to receive Truman Capote Prize at virtual Monroeville Literary Festival. 2021-05-21. Tuscaloosa News. en-US.
- Web site: Allen Wier - Fiction. live. 2021-05-21. Alabama Writers' Forum. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200921155803/https://www.writersforum.org/authors/listing/allen_wier_fiction.html . 2020-09-21 .
- Web site: Wier, Allen. live. 2021-05-21. Fellowship of Southern Writers. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20170923002513/https://www.fellowshipofsouthernwriters.org/wier-allen/ . 2017-09-23 .
- Web site: Allen Wier. live. 2021-05-21. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20200919084047/https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/allen-wier/ . 2020-09-19 .
- Web site: Late Night, Early Morning University of Tennessee Press. 2021-09-28. en-US.
