Ethan Canin

Ethan Canin


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  • Author: Ethan Canin

Other Literary Forms

Although Ethan Canin is the author of the novels Blue River (1991) and For Kings and Planets (1998), he is most acclaimed for his short fiction.

Achievements

Ethan Canin received the Henfield/Transatlantic Review Award in 1989, the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship in 1988, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant in 1989.

Biography

Ethan Canin’s talents as a writer were first recognized by popular romance author Danielle Steel, who taught at Canin’s private high school before her own...

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