Rick Hillis
Rick Hillis | |
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| Died | October 6, 2014 |
| Education | University of Saskatchewan University of Iowa (MFA) |
| Occupations | Poet, short story writer |
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| Notable awards | Drue Heinz Literature Prize (1990) |
Rick Hillis was a Canadian poet and short story writer.
Life
He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan and the Iowa Writers Workshop, with an MFA. He attended Stanford University as a Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer in fiction writing, and was also a Chesterfield Film Writers’ Fellow at Universal Studios.
He taught creative writing at a number of institutions, including Reed College, Stanford University, Lewis & Clark College, and the University of Oregon. As well, he was on faculty at the University of Iowa’s Summer Writers’ Festival. He began teaching at DePauw University in 2002.
Awards
- 1990 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, for Limbo River
- Gerald Lampert Award finalist
Works
Short stories
- Limbo River. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1990. ISBN 978-0-8229-3653-4.
Poetry
- The Blue Machines of Night. Coteau Books. 1988. ISBN 978-0-919926-76-9.
Death
Rick Hillis died on October 6, 2014.
References
- ↑ "Redirect". Archived from the original on 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
- ↑ "Iowa Summer Writing Festival". www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu. Archived from the original on 2003-08-23.
- ↑ "DePauw University-English Department". www.depauw.edu. Archived from the original on 2007-12-22.
- ↑ "RICHARD HILLIS Obituary (2014) - Saskatoon StarPhoenix". Saskatoon Star Phoenix Obituaries. 14 October 2014.
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