Writer;\u00a0teacher of writing.\u00a0Born– January 11, 1924, Bristol, R.I. Parents– Herbert E. and Evelyn E. (Verity) Francis. Children– One adopted son.\u00a0Education– University of Wisconsin, B.A.; Brown University, M.A. U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-45. Awarded Fulbright Fellowship to study at Pembroke College, Oxford University, 1953-1954; University of Cuyo, Argentina, 1964. Taught at Pennsylvania State University, 1950-1952; University of Tennessee, 1952-1956; Northern Illinois University, 1956-1958; Emory University, 1958-1966; University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1966-1988. Chair of North American and British Literature, National University of Cuyo. Lectured on American and British literature in Argentina, summers of 1964-1970. Published short stories in many periodicals and anthologies. Member\u00a0Modern Language Association, Spanish Language Association, and other professional literary associations.; member Phi Beta Kappa. Received the John H. McGinnis Award in 1966 for short story “One of the Boys”; Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction, 1973; Kansas Quarterly Best Story Award, 1974 and 1978; Pushcart Prize, 1976 and 1980; O. Henry Award, 1976. \u00a0Awarded DHL, University of Alabama, 1989.<\/p>\n
Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n Marquis Who’s Who online; ancestry.com; Contemporary authors online<\/p>\n Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n As Fish, As Birds, As Grass. Burnichon, 1966.<\/p>\n A Disturbance of Gulls and Other Stories.\u00a0 New York:\u00a0 G. Braziller, 1983.<\/p>\n Dos Cuentos. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Burnichon, 1965.<\/p>\n Five Miles to December.<\/p>\n Goya, Are You with Me Now?\u00a0 Savannah: F.C.Beil, 1999.<\/p>\n Had, a Novella. Huntsville, Ala.; B. Minshew, 1973.<\/p>\n Healing of the Body and Other Stories. Savannah, Ga.; F. C. Beil, 1992.<\/p>\n History of a Man in Despair.\u00a0 1976.<\/p>\n I’ll Never Leave You: Stories. Kansas City; BkMk Press,\u00a02004.<\/p>\n The Invisible Country.\u00a0 Beil, 2003.<\/p>\n Itinerary of Beggars. Iowa City, Iowa; University of Iowa Press, 1973.<\/p>\n Naming Things; Stories. Urbana, Ill.; University of Illinois Press, 1980.<\/p>\n Sudden Trees, and other Stories. Beil.\u00a0 1999.<\/p>\n Toda la Gente Que Nunca Tuve. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Burnichon, 1966.<\/p>\n Translator;<\/strong><\/p>\n Antonio Di Benedetto, Animal World: Stories.\u00a0 Xenos Books, 1996.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Writer;\u00a0teacher of writing.\u00a0Born– January 11, 1924, Bristol, R.I. Parents– Herbert E. and Evelyn E. (Verity) Francis. Children– One adopted son.\u00a0Education– University of Wisconsin, B.A.; Brown University, M.A. U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-45. Awarded Fulbright Fellowship to study at Pembroke College, Oxford University, 1953-1954; University of Cuyo, Argentina, 1964. Taught at Pennsylvania State University, 1950-1952; University […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-d-f"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1171"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7732,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions\/7732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}