Richard Scowcroft Explained

Richard Scowcroft (June 26, 1916 – October 8, 2001) was an American writer and teacher of writers long associated with Stanford University, where he co-founded the creative-writing program with, and ultimately succeeded, Wallace Stegner as director.^[1] Among the writers taught were Tillie Olsen, Wendell Berry, Robert Stone, Larry McMurtry, Karen Rosenbaum, Ed McClanahan, Ken Kesey,^[2] Scott Turow^[3] and Chuck Kinder.^[4] Scowcroft's work frequently featured themes based in his Mormon upbringing.

Novels

• Children of the Covenant (1945)
• First Family (1950)
• A View of the Bay (1955)
• Wherever She Goes (1966)
• The Ordeal of Dudley Dean (1969)
• Back to Fire Mountain (1973)

References

Sources

• Memorial Resolution: Richard P. Scowcroft
• Scowcroft, former Creative Writing director, dies at 85 by John Sanford
• Richard Scowcroft, 85; Novelist Headed Writing Program at Stanford by Myrna Oliver

External links

• Richard Scowcroft Papers

Notes and References

1. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2004/february25/scowcroftmeml-225.html Memorial Resolution: Richard P. Scowcroft
2. http://mormonlit.lib.byu.edu/lit_author.php?a_id=2773 "Richard Scowcroft"
3. Oliver, Myrna, "Richard Scowcroft, 85; Novelist Headed Writing Program at Stanford", latimes.com, October 20, 2001. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
4. Genzlinger, Neil, "Chuck Kinder, Novelist Who Inspired ‘Wonder Boys,’ Dies at 76", New York Times, May 9, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-09.