Discipline: Literature

Wayne Carver

Discipline: Literature
Region: Northfield, MN
MacDowell Fellowships: 1973
Wayne Carver (1923–2015) was an author whose vivid short stories drew on his childhood in Utah and experiences in WWII. His stories were published in Furioso and The Carleton Miscellany, among other journals. In 1954, he and his wife moved to Northfield, MN, where Carver would teach at Carleton College for 38 years. In 1961, his short story “Heroes Are Born” was published in Esquire Magazine and he was awarded a McKnight Foundation Grant. Carver was an avid reader and recorded oral histories with his family and many other residents of Plain City, UT. He was recognized with the Emeriti Lifetime Achievement Award from Weber State University. Carver received a B.A. in English from Kenyon College.

Studios

Banks

Wayne Carver worked in the Banks studio.

Banks, an ell on the north end of the Lodge dormitory, was first used as an artist’s studio in 1970. Since then, it has played host to an extraordinary list of writers working in several disciplines. In all seasons, Fellows have enjoyed the pastoral view through the French doors facing a field…

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