Discipline: Literature – fiction

Steve Fayer

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: Boston, MA
MacDowell Fellowships: 1991, 2012

Steve Fayer (1935-2015)

At MacDowell, Fayer worked on two short story collections and a nonfiction account of the maiden voyage of the ill-fated two-masted schooner, C'est la Vie, that he helped build in Denmark. His documentary scripts for PBS have been recognized with several awards including a national Emmy for Eyes On The Prize.

Studios

Phi Beta

Steve Fayer worked in the Phi Beta studio.

Funded by the Phi Beta Fraternity, a national professional fraternity of music and speech founded in 1912, Phi Beta Studio was built between 1929–1931 of granite quarried on the MacDowell grounds. The small studio is a simple in design, but displays a pleasing combination of materials with its granite walls and colorful slate roofing. Inside is…

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