François Camoin Explained

François Camoin
Birth Place:	Nice, France
Birth Date:	June 20, 1939
Death Date:	March 18, 2019 (aged 79)
Birth Name:	François André Camoin
Education:	University of Arizona (BA, MA) University of Massachusetts Amherst (PhD)
Workplaces:	Slippery Rock State College Denison University University of Utah
Discipline:	Creative writing
Sub Discipline:	Poetry
Children:	3
Death Place:	Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.

François André Camoin (June 20, 1939 – March 18, 2019),^[1] was a French-American academic and short story writer.

Early life and education

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

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

Camoin lived in Salt Lake City with his wife, and sons.^[10]

Awards

• 1985 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
• 1995 Salt Lake City Mayor's Artist Award^[11]
• 2004 Utah Humanities Council Grant^[12]

Works

• Book: April, May, and So On . What Books Press. 2009. 978-0-9823542-4-7 .
• Book: Like Love But Not Exactly . University of Missouri Press . 1992 . 978-0-8262-0845-3 .
• Book: Deadly Virtues. Arrowood Books. 1988. 978-0-934847-06-3 .
• Book: Why Men Are Afraid of Women . University of Georgia Press . January 1985 . 978-0-8203-0722-0 .
• Book: Why Men Are Afraid of Women (Flannery O'Connor Award For Short Fiction). University of Georgia Press. March 2013. 978-0820344621. (Reprint)
• Book: The End of the World Is Los Angeles . University of Missouri Press. April 1982. 978-0-8262-0365-6 .
• Book: Benbow and Paradise . Dutton . 1975 . 978-0-525-06315-5 .
• Book: The Revenge Convention in Webster, Middleton and Tourneur . Institut für Englische Sprache und Literatur, Universität Salzburg. 1972 .

Anthologies

• Book: It's only rock and roll: an anthology of rock and roll short stories. Janice Eidus . John Kastan. David R. Godine Publisher. 1998. 978-1-56792-089-5.
• Book: The Flannery O'Connor Award: Selected Stories. registration . 40 . Peacock Blue. Charles East. University of Georgia Press. 1993. 978-0-8203-1524-9 .

Notes and References

1. News: François André Camoin . 14 April 2021 . Deseret News . August 18, 2019.
2. Web site: A "Teacher who Writes" Continuum . 2023-03-25 . continuum.utah.edu . 19 November 2011 . en-US.
3. Web site: Francois Camoin :: English . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720103303/http://idstudies.utah.edu/english/?module=facultyDetails&personId=14&orgId=297 . 2011-07-20 . 2009-10-30.
4. Web site: A "Teacher who Writes". Continuum. 19 November 2011 . 2016-04-09.
5. Web site: Writers Break: Interview with Author Robert Roberge . 2009-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080514004918/http://www.writersbreak.com/Interviews/articles/fiction/interviews_fiction_roberge_1.htm . 2008-05-14 . dead .
6. Web site: Mid-American Review . 2009-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090930011928/http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/midamericanreview/15.html . 2009-09-30 . dead .
7. Book: The Missouri Review. 1981-01-01. Department of English of University of Missouri--Columbia. en.
8. Book: Nimrod. 1982-01-01. University of Tulsa. en.
9. Book: Quarterly West. 1982-01-01. University of Utah. en.
10. peppermint bark/
11. http://www.uaf.org/mayor%27s-artist-awards/past-recipients
12. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100713183601/http://www.utahhumanities.org/Grants/GrantsApril2004.pdf . 2010-07-13 . dead .