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Stephen Dixon (other)
Stephen Dixon or Steve Dixon may refer to: * Stephen Dixon (author) (1936–2019), American author * Stephen Dixon (cricketer) (born 1958), former English cricketer * Stephen Dixon (ice hockey) (born 1985), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Stephen Dixon (newsreader) (born 1974), English news presenter * Stephen Dixon (ceramist) (born 1957), British ceramic artist * Steve Dixon (actor) (born 1956), British actor and academic * Steve Dixon (baseball) (born 1969), former Major League Baseball pitcher See also * Steven Dixon, American baseball player * Steven Dickson (other) * Dixon (surname) {{hndis, Dixon, Stephen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Dixon (author)
Stephen Dixon (born Stephen Bruce Ditchik; June 6, 1936 – November 6, 2019) was an American author of novels and short stories. Life and career Dixon was born on June 6, 1936 in Manhattan, New York. He was the fifth of seven children of Florence Leder, a beauty queen, chorus girl on Broadway, and interior decorator, and Abraham M. Ditchik. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1958 and was a faculty member of Johns Hopkins University. Before becoming a full-time writer, Dixon worked a plethora of odd jobs ranging from bus driver to bartender. In his early 20s he worked as a journalist and in radio, interviewing such political figures as John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev. Dixon was nominated for the National Book Award twice, in 1991 for ''Frog'' and in 1995 for ''Interstate''. He also was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Prize for Fiction, the O. Henry Award, and the Pushcart Prize. He cited Anton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |