Stephen Dixon

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This paper examines both the life and writings of author Stephen Dixon. It looks at his writing style, the topics he chooses to write about, and the meanings behind his stories. The paper also provides brief summaries of Dixon's more notable stories, takes a look at Dixon's professional history and accomplishments, and provides some biographical information.

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"Writer extraordinaire, Stephen Dixon of Baltimore was born in 1936. Author of twenty one books of fiction plus a sparkling array of approximately five hundred published short stories which have appeared in magazines such as the Atlantic Monthly, Paris Review and Playboy, he has received two National Endowment for Arts fellowships for Fiction Writing, a Guggenheim Fellowship for Fiction, and a Literature Award from the American Academy- Institute of Arts and Letters. His short stories have been selected for the coveted O. Henry Prize Stories, the Pushcart Prize and the Paris Review John Train Humor Award, among others. His novel Frog, was nominated for the National Book Award as also for the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1991, and in 1995, Interstate was also nominated for the National Book Award. Since 1976, he has published on average, one book a year, yet Stephen Dixon is among the less known American writers who is beginning to evoke the interest of the reading community both at home and internationally."

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