François André Camoin (June 20, 1939 – March 18, 2019), born in
Nice, France
Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...
, was an American
short story writer.
Life
He came to the United States in 1952. He graduated from the
University of Massachusetts with a Ph.D. in 1967. He taught at the
University of Utah until 2011 when he retired due to illness. His students included authors
Chuck Rosenthal and
Rob Roberge
Rob Roberge (born 22 June 1966) is an American writer, guitarist, singer, and writing and narrative theory professor researcher and developer.
Life
Rob Roberge was born in Bridgeport Connecticut. He studied writing at Emerson College and Vermont ...
. He lived in Salt Lake City with his wife, sons, and dogs. According to his wife Shelley, he had a particular fondness for
peppermint bark.
His work appears in ''Mid-American Review'', ''Missouri Review'', ''Nimrod'', and ''Quarterly West''.
Awards
* 1985
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction is an annual prize awarded by the University of Georgia Press named in honor of the American short story writer and novelist Flannery O'Connor.
Established in 1983 to encourage young writers by bringi ...
* 1995 Salt Lake City Mayor's Artist Award
* 2004 Utah Humanities Council Grant
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References
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American short story writers
University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni
University of Utah faculty
People from Nice
1939 births
Living people