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Wallace Stegner

American
1909 – 1993
Wallace Earle Stegner was an American novelist, writer, environmentalist, and historian. He was often called "The Dean of Western Writers". He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977.
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Angle of Repose

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First published in 1971 and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1972, Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose is a structurally ambitious novel that layers a wheelchair-bound historian's present-day reckoning with his own fractured life against a deeply researched portrait of frontier America — and it remains one of the most celebrated works in the American literary canon, ranked #82 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Its sweep, its dual-timeline architecture, and the ethical controversy surrounding its source material make it a book that rewards serious engagement — and equally serious scrutiny.

Reviewed Jun 5, 2026

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